A 35 years old man, Idowu Shittu, has been arrested by men of Ogun State police command for having unlawful carnal knowledge of his wife’s eleven year old cousin (names withheld).
The suspect, a resident of Hallelujah Street, Ifo, was arrested following a report lodged at Ifo divisional headquarters by his wife, who reported that her cousin, who lived with them informed her that her husband, Idowu Shittu, had been forcefully having sex with her for the past three years.
According to DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesman of Ogun State Police command, she said the girl reported to her when, according to her, she could no longer bear it.
The little girl, who lost her mother when she was a toddler, said she had been enduring it because she had no other place to live if her aunt’s husband sent her away as he threatened her whenever he wanted to have his way with her.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ifo division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but pleaded for forgiveness from the little girl.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, who directed that the victim be taken to hospital for medical attention.
He also ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
