The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 36-year-old homosexual, Sikiru Ajibola, for allegedly raping a five-year-old boy to death in Ogijo area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this to journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Saturday.
Oyeyemi stated that the suspect was arrested on Friday following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the Community Development Area (CDA) Chairman of Olorunwa Arogbeja Ogijo.
He stated that the CDA Chairman told the police that one of the community members informed him that the suspect unlawfully had carnal knowledge of a five-year-old boy, consequence upon which the innocent boy died in the process.
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“Upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Enatufe Omoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, the arrested suspect confessed being a homosexual and that while he was having sex with the deceased boy, the boy gave up the ghost.
“He (suspect) confessed further that he quickly dug a shallow grave in a nearby bush, where he hurriedly buried the boy,” the police spokesperson said.
Oyeyemi added that the suspect had taken policemen to where the deceased was buried.
He noted that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
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