Police in Ogun state have arrested a 29 year old man Soji Ogunrinola a.k.a bulldozer for defiling a 13 year old girl name withheld.
His arrest followed a complaint by one Monsuru Badmus of Ogiri Ojule village in Odeda Local Government Area of the state who is the step father of the victim.
He reported at Odeda Police station that the suspect forcefully had carnal knowledge of the girl who came for holiday in the village.
The complainant stated further that the suspect threatened to kill the little girl if she ever told anybody her predicament.
However, the mother of the girl noticed blood stains on her clothes which made her to question her daughter on what she noticed.
The victim explained the whole thing to her mother and the threat of the suspect on her life.
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The mother who knows the suspect to be a thug in the village alerted her husband and the man quickly reported to the police.
Upon the report, the DPO Odeda Division CSP Muhammad Baba Suleiman led detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
On interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime while the victim was taken to Federal medical center Abeokuta for medical examination.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the case be transferred to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for proper investigation and prosecution of the suspect.
The CP therefore appealed to parents to be mindful of their children welfare most especially as the children are just resuming to school in order to secure them from this type of animal in human skin.
ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi,
PPRO, Ogun State Command.
