Man Defiles 4-Year-Old Girl In Ogun, Says ‘I Don’t Know What Came Over Me’

A man, Elisha James, has allegedly defiled a 4-year-old girl at Warewa area of Ogun State.

PREMIER NEWS PAPER reports that 25-year-old James has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command.

The suspect, a resident of Mokore road in Warewa was nabbed on Monday, following a report lodged by the mother of the victim.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed to our correspondent  that the woman reported at Warewa divisional headquarters that, while she went out to spread some clothes she washed at about 7pm, she overheard her daughter, crying in the room of the suspect.

She alleged that on entering the room, she found the suspect defiling her daughter.

“On the strength of the report, the DPO Warewa division, CSP Folashade Tanaruno, quickly detailed detectives to the scene, where the suspect was promptly arrested.

“On interrogation, he admitted to having committed the crime, claiming that he didn’t know what came over him,” Oyeyemi informed.

Meanwhile, the Ogun Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour unit for further investigation and prosecution.