LUCKY LAWAL
A 43-year old man, Oluwole Bamidele, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command on 13th September, 2019, for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 6-year old girl (name withheld).
The arrest of the man followed a report by one Ikechukwu Blessing Orji, who reported at Agbado Police station that while his wife went out to give cloth to her tailor at about 12:45pm of the said date, the suspect, who is a co-tenant in the same house with them, lured his 6-year old daughter into his room, had unlawful carnal knowledge of her and that the girl quickly informed her mother as soon as she returned.
On the strength of the report, the DPO Agbado Division, CSP Aloko Amodu, detailed his detectives to the scene of the crime at Kayode Street, Agoro area of Agbado, where the man was arrested. On interrogation, the suspect initially denied committing the crime but when the victim was taken to the General Hospital for medical examination, the medical report confirmed that the victim had been defiled. It was there he confessed committing the crime.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution.