65-Year-old Man Nabbed For Defiling 10-Year-old Girl

A 65 - year - old man , Sulaiman Rauf , has been arrested by detectives of the Ogun State police command for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 10 - year - old girl ( names withheld ).

Spokesman of the command , Abimbola Oyeyemi , hinted that the arrest followed a complaint lodged by father of the victim , Fahinhun Mathew , who reported at Idi - roko divisional headquarters that the suspect who is living in their neighborhood sent his daughter on an errand , and when the girl came back , she was lured into his room where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

“ When the girl came out of the suspect ’ s room , she quickly informed her father of what the suspect did to her , hence the report . Upon receiving the report , the DPO Idi - roko Division , CSP Aloko Amodu, swiftly detailed his detectives to No . 7 Araromi Street, Ilase , where the suspect resides and he was promptly arrested.

“ On interrogation, the suspect admitted having carnal knowledge of the victim but claimed not to know what led him to it. The victim has been taken to a general hospital for medical attention and report.

“ Meanwhile , the Commissioner of Police , 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 investigation and prosecution. ”