Man, 45, arrested for defiling minor in Ogun

A 45-year-old man has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an 11-year-old girl in Ibese area of Ilaro.

Musibau Asinde was arrested following a complaint from the mother of the victim, who reported that she sent her daughter on errand at about 7:30pm on June 5, 2018 only for the girl who returned from the errand very late to complain that she was lured by the suspect with N100 note into his apartment where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

On receiving the report, the DPO Ilaro division, CSP Opebiyi Sunday, led his men to the residence of the suspect where he was promptly arrested.

It was gathered that suspect confessed to commission of the crime blamed it on the devil.

The victim has been taken to Ilaro General Hospital for medical attention.

Meanwhile, the state commissioner of police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for proper investigation and prosecution.

He equally advised “parents to desist from sending their children out in the night especially the female ones in order to save them from these types of animals in human skin.” the the but