Following a defilement complaint of a 13 years old minor by
a 44 years old man, Kabiru Faruq, and his 19 years old son, Oke Faruq, received
by the Lagos State Police Command's Gender Unit on March 27, 2019, as reported
by the mother of the minor (name withheld), the Nigerian police have arrested
and charged the two suspects to court.
Kabiru whose wife is a sister to the victim’s mother and his
son both reside at No. 1 Olatikupo Street, Egbeda with the victim, who has been
staying with them for some years.
According to a statement by the Nigerian Police Force, “The
unholy affairs between the minor and the first suspect started on October 20, 2018,
with the suspect having constant sexual intercourse with the survivor. The second suspect; being the son of the first
suspect started having unlawful carnal knowledge of the same minor on January 10,
2019.
The suspects have constantly threatened to kill the victim
if she ever tells anybody about the affairs. The victim exposed them when her
mother suspected some changes in her and discovered that she is pregnant.
“The survivor was taken to Mirabel Centre by our Gender Unit
for medical examination. The two suspects were arrested and charged to
Magistrate Court 2 Ogba for defilement. The case was adjourned for 13th May,
2019, while the suspects were remanded in Kirikiri prison.”
In a related development, one Marainerume Alfred, 45, of Oke
Itunu Church Close Ejigbo, has also been arrested for defiling a 14 years old
girl.
According to Lagos State Police PRO, DSP Bala Elkana, “The
matter was reported to our Gender Unit by the mother of the survivor. The
complainant stated that they live in the same street with the suspect.
That the suspect usually called the survivor into his shop
while on her way back from school, along Iyana Ejigbo road Lagos, where he
sells Nigerian Films and have unlawful sexual intercourse with her in the shop
“The crime started from May 2018 up to March 27, 2019. The
suspect, in his statement to Police, revealed that he turned the survivor into
his sex partner after he divorce his wife in May 2018. The matter was
discovered on March 27, 2019, by the survivor's grandmother who perceived some
odour from the body of the survivor when she returned home and subjected her to
questioning. The survivor opened up to her grandmother and narrated the whole
story.
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