A 34-year-old man, Bolarinwa, has
been arrested by the Alade Police Station, for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old
girl at the Somolu area of Lagos State.
Bolarinwa was said to have lured the
girl to his apartment, ostensibly to watch a movie, and then sexually violated
her. The suspect, after sexually
violating her, threatened to kill her if she tells anyone what transpired.
The victim’s mother, who just
returned from Ilorin in Kwara State, noticed the way her daughter was walking
and became concerned. She questioned the girl and heard from her what Bolarinwa.
According to the Coordinator of Advocate
for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network of Nigeria, Somolu Local Government
Area, Comrade Toyin Okanlawon reported the matter to Alade Police Station,
before the suspect was arrested.
Okonlawon said: “The suspect took
advantage of the fact that the girl’s mother was not in town. He violated her
and then threatened to kill her if she told anybody. As a result, the girl
was dying in silence. After committing the crime, the suspect ran out of the
community to evade arrest. He was later arrested when he came into the
community on Monday to pick his motorbike. When the suspect was arrested, the
victim was called to identify him. She was able to point at him as the person
that abused her.”
Okonlawon further said: “The victim
was later taken to Women at Risk International foundation (WARIF), where she
was medically tested and confirmed to have been abused by the suspect. I want
to appreciate the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Alade Police
Station, for his fatherly role in the arrest of the suspect. The suspect had
since been transferred to Gender Section of the state command headquarters for
further investigation.”
The Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, when called to get more facts about the
case, didn’t pick his calls. Our correspondent also sent a text message to him
on the issue, he also didn’t respond.
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