Police in Ogun State have arrested a fifty-year-old man, Niyi Omowodun for allegedly for defiling a 12-year-old girl.

The suspect, a resident of Ejigun Agbede, Itele Ota in Ado-Odo Local Government Area of the state was arrested following a complaint at the Itele Divisional Headquarters that her daughter had been sexually abused by the suspect. 

A statement issued in Abeokuta by the spokesman of the state command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi says the suspect who claimed to be a Pastor confessed to be having unlawful carnal knowledge of the little girl. 

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the suspect who also claimed to have separated with his wife since 2016 noted that he lured the small girl into an uncompleted building in the area while the girl was going on an errand.

He pointed out that the Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Mr Kenneth Ebrimson had ordered the transfer of the suspect to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labor Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

  Olusegun Folarin

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