A man, Adeyemi Babatunde, has been arrested in Ogun State for reportedly defiling his five-year-old daughter.
The police said on Thursday that he had unlawful carnal knowledge of the child at Ijebu Mushin.
In a statement by the state police spokesman, Deputy Superintendent Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was reported at the police station by the mother of the victim.
The mother had reported that she noticed her daughter was complaining of pain whenever she wanted to urinate as well as whenever she was bathing her.
The woman had pressurized the little girl, who later explained that “her father laid her on the bed and inserted his manhood into her private part when the mother was not at home.”
The Divisional Police Officer of Ijebu Mushin division, Chief Superintendent Simire Hillary quickly detailed his men to the area and the suspect was arrested.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime but claimed not to know what comes over him”, Oyeyemi said.
The state Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji has ordered that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour section of the State CIID for further investigation and prosecution.
