Ogun State Police Arrests Man For Allegedly Raping His 5-Year-Old Daughter

By: Ogunleye Oluwapelumi

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 5-year-old biological daughter. The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ijebu Mushin divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim.

The woman reported that her daughter had been complaining of pain whenever she wants to urinate and when she was bathing, and she touched her private part.

Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but claimed not to know what came over him at that time.

The State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.