23-year-old arrested for allegedly def!ling teenager

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old man identified as Abdulrazak Muftau for allegedly def!ling a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) in the Igbesa area of Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area

The suspect was arrested by the police division in Igbesa following a report made by the survivor’s father, identified simply as Babaoye.

According to a police document, Babaoye told the operatives at the Igbesa Police Division that Muftau committed the offence in June 2024 but got wind of it several weeks later.

Following his arrest by the police operatives on Saturday, July 13, the suspect told the police that he and the survivor and met on social media, where they had been dating for some time.

Confirming the incident to Punch correspondent on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, said that Muftau had confessed to having carnal knowledge of the survivor and insisted that the 16-year-old was his girlfriend at the time of the incident.

She said, “The suspect has been arrested. Upon interrogation, he confessed that he had been dating the girl on the Facebook app.

The suspect also confessed to having had carnal knowledge of the teenage girl. He has been detained.”

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