A 35-year-old man, Idowu Shittu, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for having unlawful carnal knowledge of his wife’s 11-year-old cousin.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement he issued on Sunday.
Oyeyemi said the suspect, a resident of Halleluyah Street, Ifo, was arrested following a report lodged at Ifo Divisional Police Headquarters by his wife, that her cousin, who lives with them, informed her that her husband has been forcefully having sex with her for the past three years and when she can no longer bear it, she decided to inform her aunt.
The little girl, who has lost her mother since when she was a toddler, said she has been enduring it because she has no other place to live if her aunt’s husband sends her away as he threatens whenever he wants to have his way with her.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Ifo Division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene, where the suspect was arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, but pleaded for forgiveness from the little girl.
The Command’s Commissioner, Lanre Bankole, who directed that the victim be taken to hospital for medical attention, has also ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
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