A 72 years old man, Ishola Tijani, has been arrested for forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a seven years old.
The name of the girl is withheld.
Tijani, according to the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested following a report by the mother of the victim at Iperu police station in Ogun State.
She said she was away from home and left her daughter behind.
According to her, when she returned home, discovered that her daughter was feeling uncomfortable.
The woman said upon enquiry, the seven years old girl explained to her that it was the old man who lured her into his room and forcefully had sex with her.
Following the report, the DPO, Iperu division, detailed his detectives to the scene where the randy old man was promptly arrested.
The victim was taken to an hospital where it was confirmed that the girl had been actually defiled.
The suspect was said to have made confessional statement admitting the commission of the offence.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, 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 prosecution.
The CP also appealed to parents to always be mindful of who to entrust their children in order to save them from those who might be out looking for innocent children to defile.
