Ogun State Police Command has
arrested 40-year-old Ezekiel Adegbenga, for allegedly having unlawful
carnal knowledge of a-7-year old girl (name withheld)...
A Situation Report (Sitrep), signed by
the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abimbola
Oyeyemi, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu,
yesterday, said the suspect of 4, Olufunmi Ajayi Street, Iyana Ilogbo,
Ota, confessed to the crime during interrogation.
“We arrested him following a complaint
from the mother of the victim, who reported at Sango Police Station that
the suspect, who is their neighbour, lured the victim into his room
under the pretence of sending her on errand and had carnal knowledge of
her while the parents were away at work.
“Upon her complaint, the DPO, SP
Akinsola Ogunwale, detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect
was promptly arrested. He owned up to the offence after the victim
confronted him,” Oyeyemi said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Iliyasu has directed that
the suspect be transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour
Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for
further investigation and prosecution.
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