Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Defiling Daughter

Ganiyat Ganiyu

A 52-year-old man, Adebayo Akinrinoye has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command for unlawfully having carnal knowledge of his 16-year-old daughter (name withheld).

The suspect, a resident of No. 11 Kabiru close, Idi Oparun bus stop, Matogun Agbado, Ogun State, was arrested on the 23rd of September 2021, following a report via a written petition brought to Agbado divisional headquarters by the victim.

According to a statement by the command, the victim in a petition alleged that her father had been sexually abusing her since when she was 14.

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She stated further that all her efforts to stop her father from this ignoble act fell on his dead ear hence her report.

“Upon the report, the DPO Agbado division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime but pleaded for forgiveness from his daughter.

“The Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the family support unit at Ota area command for further investigation and prosecution,” the statement added.