Ogun State Police Command says it’s operatives have arrested one 84-year-old identified as Stephen Jack for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an eight year old girl (name withheld).
This was disclosed by the state’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement issued on Saturday in Abeokuta.
Oyeyemi said the octogenarian who resides at Okun Owa area of Ijebu Ode was arrested following a report lodged at Obalende divisional headquarters.
He said the girl’s father reported the case to the police having discovered that his daughter was bleeding from her private part.
According to Oyeyemi, the father said when he asked the little girl why she was bleeding, she informed him that the suspect had sex with her.
Oyeyemi said the DPO Obalende division, Murphy Salami, immediately detailed his detectives to the scene, where the “randy old man” was apprehended.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the old man is a known pedophile in the area,” he said.
“The victim has been taken to the General Hospital Ijebu Ode for medical treatment,” he disclosed
The PPRO revealed that,the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole,have directed the transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation Departments for more investigation and possible prosecution.