A 32-year-old man has been nabbed by the Ekiti State Amotekun Corps for defiling a minor in the state.
The Ekiti State Amotekun Corps in a press release signed by its Head of Communication Department, Officer Adeleye Abiodun Adewale and made available to Journalists in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, said Operatives of the Amotekun Corps in Ifedara Local Council, arrested the man, Yakubu Maji who lives at Are-Ekiti and hails from Kogi State on Monday, the 15th of September, 2024.
The Command’s Media Head, narrating the situation said the suspect defiled the little girl who is a native of Okene but resides in Are-Ekiti.
According to the victim, she was sent on an errand by her mother during which she was raped by the suspect.
The victim also claimed that the incident occurred in the suspect’s room after he induced her with money amounting to a sum of N300 by him.
The child also revealed that the suspect threatened her with a cutlass should she disclose what happened to anyone.
However, the victim’s mother confessed that it was the second time her 10 years old girl would be raped by the same suspect.
The suspect has therefore been handed over to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command in Ado-Ekiti for further investigation.
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