The Ogun State Police Command have arrested a herbalist identified as Samson Ogundele, a resident of Referefu area of Oja Odan in the Yewa Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a young girl (name withheld) who came to his house on consultation.
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Oja Odan Divisional Headquarters of the Command by the victim, who reported that she was a hairdressing apprentice and that a sum of N1,000 got missing in their shop which made all the nine apprentices in the shop consult the herbalist to know who stole the money amongst them.
She narrated that on getting to the herbalist, he started calling them into a room one after the other after collecting N700 from them.
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The Complainant maintained that the first and second persons entered and came out, and when it was her turn, she entered and the herbalist tried to rape her.
Upon her complaint, the DPO Oja Odan division, CSP Gabriel Ikechukwu, detailed his detectives to go after the suspect and he was arrested.
It was while interrogating him that one of the girls, a 17-year-old confessed that the herbalist had already had carnal knowledge of her when she met him at the consulting room.
She stated further that the herbalist threatened that she would died if she informed anybody.
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The victim was immediately taken to General Hospital Oja Odan where the Doctor on duty confirmed that the girl has been defiled.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the herbalist himself has confessed to the commission of the crime.
He added that the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
