A 19-year-old boy Jamiu Akande has allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl at Pakata Area in Ilorin, as per report from the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
Following a distress call from Babareke House, Ipata Oloje Area in Ilorin, Alhaja Yusuf Mariam Joke, the Director of Child Ministry of Woman Affairs, reported the case to the gender unit of the command.
According to a statement from ASC Ayoola Michael Shola, the spokesperson of the command, Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect frequently visited the victim’s residence under the guise of seeing his friend, thereby gaining access to the victim.
He lured the victim to an uncompleted building on the 1st of December 2023 and sexually assaulted her. Subsequently, on April 16th, 2024, he sent her to buy bread for him and then led her to a dilapidated building where he subjected her to additional sexual abuse.
The victim disclosed that the suspect has been sexually assaulting her since December 2023. The suspect confessed to the crime and will be charged to a court of competent jurisdiction for onward prosecution.
Commandant Umar expressed great dismay at the alarming surge in cases of rape and defilement of minors, stressing that those who commit such awful acts will be punished severely.
He urged parents and guardians to remain watchful and ensure that their children are always in close proximity to them.
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