The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested Odewale Akinleye, 35, for allegedly defiling his lover’s 16-year-old daughter.
The corps said the suspect was apprehended after the command’s Anti-Human Trafficking, Irregular Migration, and Gender Unit received a report.
Spokesman of the Command, Dyke Ogbonnaya, said the unit received a case on Monday that was moved from the Ofada/Mokoliki division of command, involving “one Odewale Iseoluwa Akinleye, male, 35 years (suspect) and a victim (female) of 16 years of age, name withheld.”
Ogbonnaya explained, “We (the NSCDC) got to know about the matter through the family members of the victim and our men went after the suspect, got hold of him, and brought him to our division, going through the matter deeply, they saw that it was something they couldn’t handle on their own so it was brought to the state’s headquarters.
“And on the investigation, he confessed to the crime and will be charged to court for likely prosecution.”
He warned parents, particularly mothers, to be cautious when socializing with men in the presence of their female children, adding that it would have a negative impact on the kids.
The suspect, a musician and drummer, told reporters that he was in a relationship with the victim’s mother before she moved to Israel in 2017.
