A 65 years old landlord, Samuel Adekoya, was arrested today by the police in Ogun State for child abuse and physical molestation of eleven years old male twins, Taiwo Enoch Olishe and Kehinde Emmanuel Olishe.
The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ijebu Ode area command by the twins’ mother, Gbenisola Olishe.
She reported that while she was away on her business, she received a phone call from a good Samaritan informing her that her landlord was seen tying her twins’ hands and legs like goat and dragging them on ground with the rope after beating them with cable wire.
The suspect was also said to have video-recorded the cruel act while carrying it out.
She stated further that the twins sustained body injuries as a result of the act meted on them by the landlord.
Upon the report, the Area Commander, Ijebu Ode, ACP Adeniyi Omosanyin, detailed some policemen to the scene where the two boys were met tied down on both legs and hands.
The police rescued and took the boys to hospital for treatment.
The suspect who happened to be the landlord of the victims’ parents was promptly arrested and taken to the station.
On interrogation, the suspect explained to the police that he was informed that one of the twins excreted within the compound despite his warning that the compound must be kept clean always.
When asked to take policemen to where the excreta was, he said the boy had already washed it.
One of the twins is currently on admission at Ijebu Ode General Hospital due to injury he sustained while he was being dragged on ground by the suspect.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the case be thoroughly investigated, and that the suspect must be arraigned in court as soon as investigation was concluded.
