The Ogun State police command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Segun Olawoyin, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after her parents left home for a church service.
The incident which happened on Friday in the Mapara Makogi area of Ibafo in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state was confirmed on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
Oyeyemi said in a statement that the suspect, who is a friend of the victim’s family, and was like a brother to the victim had an unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl in her parents’ house around 1:30pm on Friday.
Oyeyemi said, “The arrest of the suspect followed a report by the victim at the Ibafo Police Station that Olawoyin, who is a family friend, came to their house on the said date around 1.30pm, asking for her parents.
“She stated further that having realised that her parents had gone to church, the suspect grabbed her and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her. In an attempt to rescue herself, she gave the suspect several bites, but he still had his way.”
The police spokesman added that the suspect confessed to the crime following his arrest, blaming the devil for his action.
“On interrogation, the suspect, who confessed to being a friend to the family of the victim, claimed not to know what came over him that made him to do such a thing to the girl, who sees him as her brother.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, has ordered the transfer of the suspect to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution.”
