A 25-yrs old man, Elisha James has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 4 years old daughter of his co-tenant (Name-withheld).
Elisha, who resides at Mokore road area of Warewa, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway was arrested on Monday following the report lodged by the mother of the victim.
The mother of the victim was said to have reported at Warewa divisional headquarters of the Nigeria Police that while she went out at about 7pm to spread some clothes she washed, she heard her 4years old daughter crying in the room of the suspect.
She stated further that when she entered the room, she met the suspect defiling her daughter.
On the strength of the report, the DPO Warewa division, Csp Folashade Tanaruno was said to have quickly detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
On interrogation, Elisha was said to have admitted to committing the crime, claiming that he didn’t know what came over him.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A Ajogun has directed that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-human trafficking and child labor unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution
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