The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp said it had arrested a 35-year-old man, Odewale Akinleye, for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old daughter of his lover.
The NSCDC said the suspect was arrested following a report at the Anti-Human Trafficking Irregular Migration and Gender Unit of the command.
The Command’s spokesman, Dyke Ogbonnaya, said on Thursday that the unit on Monday received a matter which was transferred from the Ofada/Mokoliki division of the command, involving “one Odewale Iseoluwa Akinleye, male, 35 years (suspect) and a victim (female) of 16 years of age, name withheld.”
Ogbonnaya explained that, “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 investigation, he confessed to the crime and will be charged to court for likely prosecution.”
He, however, cautioned parents, particularly mothers, to exercise caution when interacting with men when their female children are within the environment because this could have a negative impact on the kids.
Speaking with newsmen, the suspect, a musician and drummer, said he had been in a relationship with the victim’s mother before she travelled to Israel in 2017.
Akinleye said: “We had sex together. I started sleeping with her around 2017, I knew her through her mother who was my band leader. I played talking drum for her and we loved each other and we slept together (mother) and she had a son for me before she travelled to Israel.
“When her mom was travelling, she handed her over to my elder sister and her two brothers and we gave her a separate room and I had the opportunity to go inside her room.
That was when the relationship started.
“When we were at Oke Aregba, I didn’t sleep with her until we moved elsewhere that was when she confessed to me this year in August that she had a boyfriend and he had been sleeping with her. So, for me not to tell her mum, she asked what she could do; and I told her that whenever she needed sex, she should come to me.
“I can’t remember her age when I started sleeping with her. She’s going to 17 years old by December 14 this year. Her mum travelled in November 2017 and left her with us.
“I didn’t penetrate her then in 2017, we were just cuddling ourselves. It was just a family relationship.”
He admitted giving the victim lime after having intercourse with her in order to prevent pregnancy.
