70-yr-old guard defiles 11-yr-old pupil

A 70-year-old security guard has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old primary school girl in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

The suspect, Morounmubo Ayinde, who is a gateman in Okelele Secondary School, Ilorin, allegedly committed the act over the weekend within the school premises.

He was said to have lured the victim, who reportedly approached him for a cup of water, to a building where he had carnal knowledge of her and was caught by a member of Okelele community.

The community member, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, allegedly raised alarm which drew the attention of some residents to the scene.

The suspect was paraded yesterday at the state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Ilorin, where he confessed to the crime.

He blamed the devil for the act, which he insisted, never happened to him in the last four years he was deployed from the ministry to serve as security guard.

Report from a medical facility the victim was taken to also confirmed that the suspect defiled her, the ministry said.

The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Hajia Maryam Ayo Garuba, directed that Ayinde, father of four, be handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.

She said the trial of the suspect would serve as deterrent to others who might have been perpetrating such criminal acts.