The police in Ogun State have arrested a 35-year-old man, for allegedly raping his 11-year-old in-law.
According to a statement by the state police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect is identified as Idowu Shittu, a resident of Hallelujah Street, in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state.
He was arrested following a report by his wife at the Ifo Divisional Headquarters that he had been forcefully having carnal knowledge of her cousin, an orphan living with them.
Oyeyemi added that the wife could no longer bear the situation and had to raise the alarm by inviting the police into the matter.
Oyeyemi said: “The little girl, who lost her mother since she was a toddler, said she had been enduring it because she had no other place to live if her aunt’s husband sent her away, as he used to threaten whenever he wanted to have his way with her.
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“Upon the report, the DPO, Ifo division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime, but pleaded for forgiveness from the little girl.”
Meanwhile, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had directed that the victim be taken to a hospital for medical attention.