The suspect, who is a night guard and farmer, is
said to be fond of raping children. He was said to have been jailed recently
for a similar offence.
Report had it that the suspect lives alone in a
dilapidated house on Mission Road, Ayetoro Street, Oba-Ile, Akure where he
allegedly committed the act.
Vanguard
gathered that the suspect, who is from Benue State, is being detained by the
officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The victim, who attends St. Paul Annex Primary
School, Oba-Ile was lured by the suspect into his room with biscuits.
Sources said the unsuspecting girl was returning
from school, Tuesday, and said to be famished.
She was said to have crossed the road to drink
water from a well along her route but when she discovered that the water was
dirty she continued her journey home when the suspect beckoned on her.
The girl reportedly went to the suspect who was
sitting in front of his house and was lured into the room where she was
defiled.
Vanguard
learnt that the Alhaji, who connived with another suspect now at large, asked
the girl what she wanted and promised to give her not only cold water but
biscuits.
While the girl was still trying to think of what
the Alhaji had promised her, the accomplice reportedly pushed her inside the
house while the Alhaji carried her covering her mouth with a piece of cloth
when she started shouting.
It was gathered that after defiling the girl,
the Alhaji cleaned her up as she was bleeding.
Suspect denies allegation
Confirming the arrest and detention of the
suspect, the image maker of the NSCDC, Mr Kayode Balogun, said: “When Alhaji
was interviewed, he said the girl approached him to buy her biscuits as she was
hungry which he bought for her and denied raping the girl.”
He said during investigation, it was discovered
that the suspect is a serial rapist who had been jailed for raping another girl
in the community.
He said: “When officers of the corps went to the
house of the accused for investigation, the residents of the area testified
that the man was fond of raping children and had been jailed before for raping
a girl in the area.
Balogun said after the matter was reported to
the agency, the girl was taken to the general hospital where it was confirmed
she had been defiled.
He said: “Investigation is still ongoing as the
man is still in our custody and will be taken to court.”
Vanguard
gathered that the girl, whose father died few years ago, lives with her mother
in a one-room apartment in Oba-Ile area of the state capital
Life imprisonment is where this man belongs, since it not his first time of going to jail for the same offence might aswell be locked up forever.
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