How the old man, a known pedophile in the area, was discovered and arrested – Police
An 84-year-old grandfather, Stephen Jack, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for raping an eight-year-old girl (name withheld).
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the state Command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Saturday.
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According to Oyeyemi, the suspect, who resides in Okun Owa area of Ijebu Ode, was arrested following a report lodged at Obalende Divisional Police Headquarters by the father of the victim.
The father said he discovered that his daughter was bleeding from her private parts and when he asked the little girl of the cause, she informed him that the suspect had sex with her.
Upon the report, said the statement, the Divisional Police Officer, Obalende Division, SP Murphy Salami, detailed his detectives to the scene, where Jack was apprehended.
Oyeyemi said preliminary investigation revealed that the old man is a known pedophile in the area.
The victim has been taken to the General Hospital, Ijebu Ode for medical treatment, he added.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for more investigation and possible prosecution.
