A 30 years old man, Ajibola Akindele, has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command, for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 20 year old girl (name withheld) right inside a church.
This is according to the spokesman of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
He said Akindele was arrested on April 18.
He said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Lafenwa divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim, who reported that she sent her daughter to go and decorate a church at Ita Oshin area of Abeokuta together with the suspect on the April 16, 2022.
According to her, on getting to the church, they met some other women who came to sweep the church in preparation for Sunday service.
But as soon as those women left after sweeping the church, the suspect took advantage of being alone with the victim and forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her right inside the church, she said.
The police spokesman said upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Lafenwa division, CSP Kayode Shadrach, detailed his detectives to go after the suspect and bring him to justice.
The detectives, he said, quickly moved in to the scene and promptly arrested the suspect who has since confessed to the crime.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and possible prosecution.
