Police have arrested a man whose identity is unknown for reportedly luring a 10-year-old girl with N2,000 and defiling her in the Opako area of Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State’s capital.
According to sources who preferred anonymity on Sunday, the incident occurred on Saturday when the suspect allegedly booked a room at the hotel and assured the receptionist that he was expecting his child.
However, the receptionist got suspicious after discovering a used condom in the hotel room after the suspect and victim had left, causing her to report the event.
“Some residents claimed he’d been doing similar things in the past. Those within the compound of the hotel didn’t even hear noise, but the hotel receptionist raised the alarm after she saw a used condom in the toilet.
“There are reports that he had been doing it with the girl before now. Information has it that the man had been picked up by the police and the young girl has narrated what happened.”
The source added further that police officers, on Sunday, locked the hotel.
Confirming the incident, a senior police officer in the area noted that when the officer from the division closest to the hotel visited the scene, they gathered that the suspect had been taken into custody by some officers whom the mother of the victim had reported to.
The officer added that the division had commenced an investigation on the matter.
“We have visited the scene and we gathered that it happened. The mother of the victim was said to have reported to some security operatives who were the ones that arrested the suspect,” the senior officer said.
On 21 March, a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja convicted and sentenced a man, Dennis Okubiat, to 20 years’ imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl over a period of three months, which resulted in urinary incontinence.
Justice Ismail Ijelu stated that the victim had testified that she went for evangelism and, in the process, went to check on the convict, who had not been attending church after the pastor of her church asked members to visit those who had not been seen in church for some time.