A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped as she got drunk while attending a church ceremony in the Adubi area of the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The girl was allegedly raped by a 32-year-old man identified as Gbenga Kolawole.
SP Omolola Odutola, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Ogun State Police Command confirmed the dastardly act in a statement issued in Abeokuta.
According to the police spokesman, the incident occurred during an annual church anniversary on Sunday.
“Her mother said she took the drunk girl to a nearby shop and kept her there”.
Odutola added that the suspect was alleged to have raped the girl where her mother kept her but he was caught by one Sunday Ibrahim.
The PPRO said that the victim was taken to Ore-Ofe Hospital in Ewekoro town for medical treatment while preliminary investigation was still on over the ignoble act.
“Following a report from an aggrieved mother, Kolawole who had unlawful carnal knowledge of the drunk girl and was caught in the act has been arrested for preliminary investigation”, she said.
