Police Arrest Man for defiling a seventy (70) year old woman
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The Ogun state Police Command had arrested a 25-year-old man named Wasiu Bankole for allegedly forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 70-year-old woman.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this disclosure in a statement in Abeokuta,Ogun State.
DSP Oyeyemi said that Bankole allegedly committed the offence on Tuesday,June 2,2020 at Abule Lemode area of Ijoko in Ifo Local Government Area of the state.
The spokeman stated that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday, June 3,2020 following a report by the victim at the Agbado Divisional Police Station.
He said that the suspect allegedly broke into the septuagenarian’s house around 8:00 p.m. to commit the alleged offence.
According to the victim’s statement, she said it was one of her neighbours, who heard her screaming that came to rescue her by using a stick to hit the suspect on his back.
The victim added that the suspect immediately jumped off her and ran away naked, leaving his clothes, shoes and torchlight inside her room.
“Upon the report, the DPO, Agbado Division, SP Kuranga Yero, dispatched detectives to look for the suspect in order to bring him to justice.
“The detectives succeeded in getting him arrested on Wednesday around Ijoko area and brought him to the station.
“On interrogation, he confessed to committing the crime but claimed to have acted under the influence of alcohol meanwhile,the victim has been taken to the hospital for medical attention”. Oyeyemi stated.
The Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson has since ordered the transfer of the suspect to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and the suspect will be charged to court to face the wrath of the law.