70-Year Old Man Arrested For Defiling Two Minors

LUCKY LAWAL

A 70-year old man, one Mr. Sunday Tugbobo, was arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command on 18^th September, 2018, for defiling two under aged girls between 7 and 8 years.

The arrest of the septuagenarian followed a complaint by one John Oru of No 10,Ondo Road, Ijebu-Ode, father to one of the defiled girls.

He reported at Igbeba Divisional Headquarters that the 70-year old suspect who is a co-tenant in the same house had unlawful carnal knowledge of his 7-year old daughter (name withheld). He stated further that it was their landlady that caught the suspect right in the act and informed them. The landlady equally informed them that the other girl who is 8-year old had also accused the man of having done the same thing to her earlier.

Upon the report the Acting DPO Igbeba Division, SP Onah Lawrence, detailed his detectives to the scene where the randy suspect was arrested. On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime. He also admitted that he lured the two minors to his room with meat pie at different times and had carnal knowledge of them.

The two victims had been taken to Ijebu-Ode General Hospital for medical examination. Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the 70-year old suspect to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.