A 50-year-old farmer, identified simply as Baba Kabiru, has been accused of defiling a three-year-old girl.
Our correspondent learnt that the incident occurred on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, on Baba Moja Street, Ayetoro area of the Igbeti community, Oyo State.
She was said to have followed the suspect, while her panicky mother began looking for her when she noticed that her daughter had disappeared.
It was gathered that a search for the victim at the residence of the suspect by some residents of the community proved abortive.
The mother of the victim, Aroye Adewunmi, was said to have found the suspect adjusting his trousers while coming from the back of a toilet, while the victim followed behind.
The woman, who became suspicious, queried the suspect about what happened to her daughter and when she did not get a satisfactory response, she checked her daughter and discovered some stains in her private parts.
Narrating the incident to our correspondent, Aroye said, “I was cleaning the house on the day of the incident, while my daughter was playing inside the compound. The man came to lure her with a packet of biscuits and when I came out to look for her, the other children said the man had taken her away and I started looking for her.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, who confirmed the incident, said the matter had been referred to the State Criminal Investigation Department.
“It’s a rape matter and the DPO has been ordered to transfer it to the SCID, where the matter will be further investigated, which he has done,” Fadeyi stated. Punch
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