19-Year-Old Arrested for Alleged R@pe of Minor

Operatives of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have detained a 19-year-old man named Jamiu Akande on suspicion of raping a 9-year-old child (name withheld) in the Pakata area of Ilorin, the state capital.

The Director of the Child Unit of the state Ministry of Women Affairs, Mariam Yusuf, reported the event at its office in Ilorin on Tuesday, according to NSCDC Spokesman Ayoola Michael, who made this revelation to reporters on Thursday, April 18.

Michael clarified that in response to a distress call from Babareke House in the Ipata Oloje neighborhood of Ilorin, the ministry decided to submit the situation to the NSCDC.

“Without delay, the Command swiftly responded and apprehended the suspect after painstaking efforts by officers of the Command, ” the statement said

It also stated that early inquiry had shown the suspect regularly went to the victim’s house pretending to be meeting a friend in order to get 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 statement added. [CONTINUE READING HERE]