A 40-year-old male worshipper named Abiola, also known as Aro, has been taken into custody by the Ogun State Police Command on charges of defiling a 14-year-old minor (name withheld) in the Olorunloba Mosque lavatory on Ondo Road in the Ijebu-Ode neighbourhood of Ogun State.
According to information exclusively obtained, the suspect had been a member of the mosque for more than 15 years before to Saturday’s incident.
After the mosque’s afternoon Muslim prayer ended, our journalist discovered that the occurrence took place on Saturday, March 4, 2024, at approximately 2:20 p.m.
The survivor stated that she had to go to the mosque’s lavatory to pass the stool because she needed to relieve herself, according to the information she gave the police officers at the Igbeba Division.
But she clarified that she had entered the loo just after hearing a knock on the door.
The survivor went on to say that she had thought the knock was from her younger brother, who had also come for the prayer, but she was shocked to find Aro waiting by the door when she opened it.
She said to the police she was attempting to determine why Aro was in the women’s restroom when she surprisingly saw him by the door. He was said to have then allegedly shoved her back into the restroom and forced her up against the wall
Prior to having carnal knowledge of the girl, Aro violently removed the survivor’s pants and pinned her to the toilet wall, according to a police source who was aware of the report but wished to remain anonymous because he was not authorised to speak with the media.
According to a police report on the event corespondent was granted exclusive access to on Sunday, the survivor began to bleed profusely from her private parts as a result of what Aro did. She returned home to inform her guardian of the situation, and he transported her to a nearby general hospital so she could receive medical care.
According to state Police Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola, who also told correspondents that the case would be sent to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation, the suspect was jailed after his arrest.
The individual under arrest has been taken into custody on charges of defilement. After the preliminary inquiry is finished, he would be moved right away to the State CID in Abeokuta, according to a Sunday WhatsApp message from Odutola.
According to correspondence story, a related incidence happened on April 26, 2024, when the command captured Olamijuwon Noibi and Lukman Olatunbosun, two brothers, in Oke-Eri, Atan-Ijebu, on suspicion of gang rape.
The victim was lured by one of the accused into entering their flat, where he reportedly sexually assaulted her and threatened to
