A 70-year- old man, known as Hunsu Sunday, was arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for impregnating his 15-year-old granddaughter.
Sunday was arrested on Tuesday after a complaint was laid by the aunt of the victim to the police.
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, disclosed this on Friday in a statement.
Abimbola said the aunt reported the complaint at Ado-Odo/Ota Divisional Headquarters that the victim had been living with her grandfather since the lost of her mother.
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According to the DSP, the aunt stated further that the victim informed her that her grandfather had been sexually abusing her for some time and that she felt dizzy.
He added, “Upon the complaint, the DPO Ado-Odo, SP Michael Arowojeun, detailed his detectives to the scene where the randy old man was promptly arrested. On interrogation, he confessed having carnal knowledge of his granddaughter but claimed that he didn’t know that the victim was pregnant.
The victim has been taken to hospital for medical treatment.”
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
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