By Babatunde Solanke
A 32- year-old man is currently cooling-off in one of the cells of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after she got drunk during an annual church event in the state.
The Ogun State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident on Friday,
According to Odutola, the victim’s aggrieved mother reported to the police that her 16-year-old daughter, who got drunk during an annual church year anniversary celebration on the 6th of November, 2023, in Adubi, Ogun State, was raped.
The state police image-maker quoted the mother as has having said that she had taken her daughter to “a nearby bar shop and locked her there”.
She explained that the teenager later “became victim to one Gbenga Kolawole “m” 32yrs who had unlawful carnal knowledge of the drunk girl”.
The said Kolawole, Odutola stated, was caught in the act by one Mr Sunday Ibrahim of the same address.
“The victim has been taken to Ore Ofe Hospital for medical attention and treatment while the suspect has been arrested for preliminary investigation,” Odutola said.