The Ogun Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old man, Oladapo Akinola, for allegedly defiling his five-year-old stepdaughter at Adewale Drive, in Shokori area of Abeokuta.
The command’s spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun.
Oyeyemi said that the suspect was arrested on Monday, Sept. 20, following a report lodged at the Adigbe Divisional Headquarters by the mother of the victim.
He added that the mother of the victim said while bathing her daughter, she discovered blood in her private parts.
The PPRO said the mother further explained that she was informed that her husband, who is the stepfather of the victim, unlawfully had carnal knowledge of her.