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The Ekiti State Police Command
has arrested a 74-year old retired
soldier, Ayoola Aderemi, for
allegedly raping an eight-year-old
primary school pupil.
The septuagenarian, who was
paraded at the Ekiti State Police
Headquarters by the Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr. Mohammed
Jimoh, identified himself as “a
retired army general.”
Although some of the residents
of Ayetoro-Ekiti, where the man
defiled the minor, said the
suspect was a retired soldier “he
was nowhere near the rank of a
general.”
The suspect, who denied having
penetrative sex with the girl,
admitted that he kissed the
victim.
He sounded incoherent at a point
when he was interviewed by our
correspondent, but it could not
be ascertained if he was insane
or he was just feigning insanity.
The relatives of the victim told
our correspondent that the
retired soldier raped the girl,
who they claimed was treated
and discharged from the Federal
Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti.
They claimed that the girl had
laceration and her private part
became swollen after the
incident. She was then admitted
at the FMC, where she was
treated.
They said that the old soldier
sent the girl to go and buy sachet
water for him but on arrival, he
dragged her into a hidden place,
where he defiled her.
The PPRO said investigation into
the crime would continue,
adding that the case would be
painstakingly probed and the
suspect would be prosecuted if
found culpable.
In a related development, three
suspects were paraded by the
police for allegedly raping a lady,
whose identity was not stated.
The victim, who is from Omuo-
Ekiti in Ekiti East Local
Government Area, was said to
have been raped on August 20,
2011 on her way to the farm.
The police statement on the
incident read, “On 20/8/2011, at
about 12:40 pm, the
complainant, who is a native of
Omuo-Ekiti, reported at Omuo
Division that on the same date at
about 08:30 am, she was
accosted on her way to the farm
on Eda-Ile Road, Omuo-Ekiti, by
one Ayenigba Wasiu, Sunday
Ajayi and Ojo Adegboye.”
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