Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 53-year-old block moulder, Michael Adebayo, for allegedly raping a 14-year-old daughter of his friend.
The father of the victim and the suspect are said to be living in the same neighbourhood.
According to the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the state, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the suspect committed the offence in his shop at Ori Oke, Elekoyangan area of Ilorin, the state capital.
Afolabi said the suspect in his confessional statement admitted that the girl used to hawk puff puff, which she usually brought to his shop from where he lured her with N200 to carry out the immoral act.
He said he also confessed to having done it on a few occasions.
In a related development, the corps also paraded one Tajudeen Hammed, 31, a phone engineer, who also allegedly forcefully slept with a 16-year-old girl.
“In the meantime, the two rape cases have been transferred to the intelligence and investigations department for full-scale investigations after which the suspects will be charged to court,” Babawale said.
