Aminat Gusanu
Edo state police Command has apprehended a 16-year-old boy, Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu for allegedly defiling a 2-year-old baby in Edo state.
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the suspect was said to have committed the offence on June 7.
Edo State Police Command’s Spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the arrest.
He said the suspect committed the offence in Egba community, Uhunwonde local government area of Edo State.
He said the police received a report that Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu defiled a two-year-old baby in the community.
According to him,investigation on the matter is ongoing under the gender unit of the criminal investigation department.
Chidi assured that as soon as the investigation is completed, the suspect would be charged to Court.
In an interview with journalists, Nathaniel said he didn’t know what came over him.
He said, “the two-year-old always come to meet my sister, she came on this day and I told her to go back home that my sister was not around but she refused to go”.
“So, I then carry her and put her on the bed and pull her knicker half way down. But, I didn’t sleep with her. I didn’t penetrate her, I only put my penis in between her lap”
“I didn’t know what came over me, because I haven’t done it before” he said.
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