The
Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, Daniel Essien, a
barber, for allegedly defiling a six- year- old girl.
His
arrest was said to have followed a complaint lodged to the police by the
victim’s mother, Ayoola Tolulope, who
resided on Olufemi Oshin Street, Alagbole, Akute, in the Ifo Local Government
Area of the state.
The
victim’s mother reported that she was called by her child’s school teacher to
watch over her daughter because the girl confided in the teacher that a man had
been sexually abusing her.
The
state Police Public Relations Officer,
Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this made the mother to interrogate the child and
she told her that the culprit was Essien.
Oyeyemi,
A Deputy Superintendent of Police, said, “On the strength of the report, the
Divisional Police Officer, Ajuwon division, Afolabi Kazeem, led detectives to
the area, where the suspect was promptly arrested.”
He
said on interrogation, the suspect first denied the allegation.
The
police spokesman added that after the girl was taken to a hospital and the
medical report confirmed it, he owned up to the commission of the crime.
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