Gloria Ogbu
Men of the Ogun state Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old man, Sikiru Ajibola for allegedly raping a 5-year-old boy to death in Ogijo area of Ogun state.
According to report, the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the CDA Chairman of Olorunwa Arogbeja Ogijo, who stated that one of the community members informed him that the suspect had unlawful carnal knowledge of a 5 years old boy, consequence upon which the innocent boy died in the process.
Following the report, the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Enatufe Omoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a homosexual and that while he was raping the deceased boy, the boy gave up the ghost.
He also revealed that when he realized the boy was dead, he dug a shallow grave in a nearby bush, where he buried the boy.
Ajibola also took the police to where the deceased was buried.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.