Police in the Ogun Command have arrested a 40-year-old man, Taofeek Sulaiman, for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old step-daughter (name withheld).
The Ogun State Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in Abeokuta on Thursday, said the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Owode Yewa divisional headquarters by the victim’s mother.
The PPRO said that the victim’s mother got married to the suspect after the demise of her husband, the father of the teenager.
Oyeyemi said the complainant stated further that her daughter informed her “that the suspect has been having sex with her since the 14th of October 2022, and that the suspect has been threatening to kill her if she reports to anyone.”
He said following the report, the DPO Owode Yewa division, CSP Muhammed S Baba, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the stepfather was arrested.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, but blamed it all on devil’s handiwork,” he quoted the suspect, saying.
He said the victim had been taken to Idiroko General Hospital by the police for medical attention.
Oyeyemi quoted the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, to have directed that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.
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