Police Arrest 84-Year-Old Man For Defiling Child In Ogun State

An 84-year-old man named Stephen Jack has been arrested by police operatives in Ogun State for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old girl.

The suspect who resides in Okun Owa area of Ijebu Ode was arrested following a report lodged at Obalende divisional headquarters by the father of the victim.

The father of the female child who reported that he discovered that his daughter was bleeding from her private part stated that when he asked the little girl of the cause, she informed him that the suspect had sex with her. 

Upon the report, the DPO Obalende division, Murphy Salami detailed his detectives to the scene, where the randy old man was apprehended. 

Preliminary investigation according to spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi revealed that the old man is a known pedophile in the area.

The victim has been taken to the General Hospital Ijebu Ode for medical treatment. 

The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Lanre Bankole, Oyeyemi disclosed has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for more investigation and possible prosecution.