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Abdulqudus Ogundapo
Men of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested an Arabic teacher, Ismaila Saheed in company with one Toliha Sabith for alleged rapping a 15- year-old- girl.
The Police Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known in a statement issued and made available on Monday.
Oyeyemi said, the rape suspects were arrested after the victim reported her ordeal at the Redeem Camp police station.
The PPRO stated that , one of the suspects, Toliha Sabith forcefully had carnal of the victim on August 25th, 2020 at Imedunla area of Mowe.
He added that, the Arabic teacher raped the victim after she informed him about her first rape experience.
Oyeyemi said “Having listening to her ordeal, the Arabic teacher Ismaila Saheed told her that she might have gotten pregnant as a result of the incident and he offered to help her remove the said pregnancy.
“But surprisingly, instead of removing the imaginary pregnancy, he took the advantage to also had carnal knowledge of her, after which he inserted a sharp object into her private part causing her a serious vaginal injury.
“Upon the report, the DPO Redeemed Camp division, SP Bala Yakubu, detailed his detectives to go after the two suspects and they were both apprehended on the 28th of August 2020.
“They have confessed to the commission of the crime.
“The victim is currently being admitted in an hospital for proper medical attention”.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has directed that the two suspects who he described as animals in human skin be transferred to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and deligent prosecution.
The CP therefore appealed to parents to always be concerned about the well being of their children especially the female ones so as not to make them an easy prey for those predators in human skin.