The Ogun State Police Command on Thursday arrested a septuagenarian, Sunday Tugbobo, for allegedly raping two underage girls of seven and eight years.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement to newsmen, said the arrest of the septuagenarian followed a complaint by one John Oru, a resident of 10 Ondo road Ijebu-Ode and the father to one of the affected girls.
Oyeyemi further explained that Oru reported at Igbeba divisional headquarters that the suspect, who is a co-tenant in the same house, had unlawful carnal knowledge of his 7-year-old daughter (name withheld).
He said: “He stated further that it was their landlady who caught the suspect right on the act and informed them.
“It was when the landlady was informing them that the other girl who is eight year old also accused the man of having done the same thing to her earlier.
“Upon the report the Acting DPO Igbeba Division SP Onah Lawrence detailed his detectives to the scene where the randy suspect was arrested.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime.
“He also admitted that he lured the two minors to his room with mince pie at different time where he had carnal knowledge of them.
“The two victims had been taken to Ijebu-Ode general hospital for medical examination.”
PPRO Oyeyemi added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
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