The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old actor identified as Praise for an alleged abduction and defilement of a 14-year-old girl. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
The statement partly read, “The Divisional Police Officer of Mowe Division has arrested one actor, Praise, a 30-year-old “m” for alleged defilement of a 14-year-old “f”.
“The arrest came following a report on the 1st of May at about 1405 hours from the grandparents of the teenager that their granddaughter got missing since the 27th of April 2024.”
The statement further read that the girl’s grandparents alleged that the suspect defiled their granddaughter, stating that she was bleeding profusely upon being found.
It added, “The grandparents of the abducted teenager also alleged the suspect of having unlawful carnal knowledge of their granddaughter, who, under careful observation, was discovered to have been bleeding profusely.
“Medical forms have been issued for examination and treatment in a government hospital for more credible evidence.”
A preliminary investigation was reported to have commenced at the Mowe Divisional Headquarters; however, the case will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for “discreet investigation.”
“No child in Ogun State should be subjected to such inhumane treatment, sexual assault, and sexual abuse,” Odutola added.
In February, reports surfaced of the arrest of a man known only as Bro. Joe by the Nigeria Police and Ogbogoro youths in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He was apprehended for the alleged abduction and defilement of a 12-year-old girl. According to reports, the girl was running an errand for her mother when the suspect and his accomplices reportedly held her captive for two days in an uncompleted building.
