Kunle Abati, a 29- year-old man has been arrested in Ilese Ijebu community of Ogun State for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 27- year – old lady with down syndrome (name withheld).
Abati was arrested following a report lodged at Ilese ijebu divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim on the 7th of December 2022, the spokesperson for Ogun Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement.
According to Oyeyemi, the mother of the victims had reported that she sent her daughter on errand at about 7:30 am, but when she returned, she discovered blood stain on her cloth.
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The victim mother stated further that when she asked her daughter about the blood on her cloth, she took her to the house of the suspect and explained that the suspect forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.
On receiving the report, the DPO Ilese Ijebu, CSP Paul Omiwole, detailed his detectives to go after the suspect and he was subsequently arrested.
The suspect, on interrogation, confessed to committing the crime, adding that he capitalized on the health challenge of the lady to do what he did only for him to discover that she was a virgin.
The victim, who was bleeding profusely, was rushed to General Hospital Ijebu ode for treatment.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspect be immediately transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labor Unit for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
