A 20-year-old man, Wahab Abdul-Aziz, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police command for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl.
The unidentified girl, who was on an errand by her mother, was lured into the abandoned building in Sparklight Estate, Isheri Olofin, where the suspect forcefully had canal knowledge of her.
The incident happened on Monday and Abdul-Aziz was nabbed by policemen attached to the Ojodu Abiodun Division of the command on Wednesday.
The arrest was made after the mother of the victim reported the incident to the police.
Confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Thursday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Muyiwa Adejobi, said:
“The state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has directed the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ojodu Abiodun to transfer the case to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit, Department of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence, Eleweran, Abeokuta for proper investigation and prosecution.
“The Commissioner of Police advised residents in the state to always encourage owners of abandoned or isolated structures to work on them or make them clean (clear the bushes) always so as to debar hoodlums from using them to perpetrate evil acts of this nature.
“He further advised the general public to cooperate with the police to fight crimes and social vices like this as such barbaric and inhuman act must be totally eradicated,” the PPRO stated, noting that the CP promised that anyone arrested for similar offences would face the full wrath of the law.
The police spokesperson, however, encouraged victims of such abuse to report such to the police, not minding any social stigma.
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