Adejobi said a team of detectives from the division moved to the scene, rescued the victim, and arrested the suspect. He added that a thorough investigation later revealed that it was the same complainant, Adepoju Ifedayo, who is an uncle to the victim, who had actually defiled the victim earlier that day but instructed the victim to lie against the initial suspect. A search was conducted at the complainant’s residence, which led to the discovery of 2 locally made pistols and 3 expended cartridges.
He added that in a related development, on March 12th at about 10:30 PM, one Nene Badmus, female, reported at the Surulere Divisional Headquarters, Lagos State that on the same day, around 7pm, she had found her daughter, name withheld, 16 years old, lying down by the roadside crying and complaining of abdominal pain while bleeding.
Adejobi stated that she questioned her, and the daughter revealed that one Augustine Udeh’m’, 33, defiled her by having unlawful sexual intercourse with her. He said a team of detectives from the division took the victim to a medical centre for examination and eventually apprehended the suspect.
The force police added that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has always expressed his displeasure and zero tolerance for such inhuman acts, and ordered that perpetrators must be held accountable for their actions, punished accordingly, and justice served.
