By Daud Olatunji

ABEOKUTA—A 45-year-old man, Musibau Asinde, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of an 11-year-old girl, who he lured with N100, in Ibese area of Ilaro.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested following a complaint by the mother of the victim, one Idowu Riskat.

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Oyeyemi said the mother “reported that she sent her daughter on errand at about 7:30p.m. On June 5, only for the girl, who returned from the errand very late, to complain that she was lured by the suspect with N100 note into his apartment, where he raped her.

He said: “On receiving the report, the DPO of Ilaro Division, CSP Opebiyi Sunday, led his men to the resident of the suspect, where he was promptly arrested.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime, but blamed it all on the devil. The victim has been taken to Ilaro General Hospital for medical attention.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the suspect be transferred to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, for proper investigation and prosecution.

“He equally advised parents to desist from sending their children out in the night, especially the female ones, to save them from these types of animals in human skin.”