Police arrest randy old 84-year-old man that defiles minor

Abiodun OBA

Stephen Jack, 84-year-old, has been arrested at Okun Owa area of Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl.

The state Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement issued on Saturday in Abeokuta said that the octogenarian was arrested following a report lodged at Obalende divisional headquarters.

Oyeyemi said the girl’s father had told the police he discovered that his daughter was bleeding from her private part.

According to Oyeyemi, the father said when he asked the little girl why she was bleeding, she informed him that the suspect had sex with her.

Oyeyemi said the DPO Obalende division, Murphy Salami, immediately detailed his detectives to the scene, where the “randy old man” was apprehended.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the old man is a known pedophile in the area,” he said.

Oyeyemi said the victim had been taken to the General Hospital Ijebu Ode for medical treatment.

According to him, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had directed the transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation Departments for more investigation and possible prosecution.