Police arrest teenager for raping 10-year-old girl
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Felix Gbadebo, for allegedly defiling a 10- year- old girl, Rachel.
The incident, our correspondent
gathered, happened on Saturday on Alani Akintoye Street, Railway line,
Ijoko, in the Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, explained that the suspect lured the victim
into his room under the guise of sending her on an errand, covered her
mouth with a pillow and raped her.
Rachel was said to have reported the rape to her father, who lodged a complaint with the police at the Sango division.
Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of
Police, said, “The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Sango
division , Akinsola Ogunwale, dispatched police detectives to the scene
and got the suspect arrested.
He said, “The Commissioner of Police in
charge of the state police command, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the
immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti- Human Trafficking and Child
Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department in Eleweran, Abeokuta, for investigation.”
“The PPRO said Iliyasu had appealed to
parents in the state to always monitor their children to prevent them
from falling into the hands of people with criminal intent.
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