A 25 year-old man, Wasiu Bankole, arrested for raping a 70 year-old great grandmother in Nigeria’s Ogun state, has opened up on what attracted the septugenraian to him.
Bankole forcefully had a carnal knowledge of the 70 year-old woman when she was sleeping in her Abule Lamode’s home, Ijoko area of the state.
On interrogation by the Police, the accused confessed committing the crime, according to the police public relations officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi,
The great grandmother looked so attractive to him anytime he is drunk.
On the fateful day, he went to her house, broke her and started to have canal knowledge of her because, according to him, he was under the influence of alcohol.
The police public relations officer, DSP Oyeyemi in a press release said that the suspect was arrested following a report by the victim at Agbado division.
The victim said that while she was sleeping in her house on the 2nd of June 2020, at Abule Lemode area of ijoko at about 8 pm, the suspect suddenly broke into her room, held her down and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her against her consent.
The victim stated further that it was one of her neighbor who heard her screaming that came to rescue her by using a stick to hit the suspect at his back consequence upon which he jumped off her and ran away leaving his clothes, shoe and torchlight inside her room.
Upon the report, the DPO Agbado division SP Kuranga Yero dispatched his detectives to the scene. The detectives succeeded in getting him arrested 24 hrs after and brought him to the station.
On interrogation, he confessed committing the crime but claimed to have acted under the influence of alcohol.
The victim has since been taken to the hospital for medical attention.
The commissioner of police CP Kenneth Ebrimson 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 dilligent prosecution
