A 28-year-old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 5-year old biological daughter in Ogun State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspect was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command following a report by the mother of the victim.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed that the suspect was in Police custody undergoing interrogation over his alleged unruly conduct.
Oyeyemi explained that the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ijebu Mushin Divisional Headquarters by the mother of the survivor, who reported that her daughter was complaining of pain whenever she wanted to urinate, and whenever she was bathing and she always touched her private part.
SP Oyeyemi stated: “Having noticed her daughter’s strange behaviour, she pressured the little girl to tell her what happened to her private part. It was then the daughter informed her that her father laid her on the bed and inserted her manhood into her private part when the mother was not at home”.
“Upon the report, DPO Ijebu Mushin Division, Simire Hillary, quickly detailed detectives to go after the suspect and he was eventually arrested. On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime, but claimed not to know what came over him at the time,” Oyeyemi stated.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to Anti Human Trafficking and Child Labour Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.
The suspect may likely be charged before the Court for defilement, which attracts several years of imprisonment or life imprisonment if he is tried and found guilty but that will be after the conclusion of investigations by the Police.