Residents of Agric
Olope area of Ado Ekiti have apprehended the proprietor of a private Nursery
and Primary School, who was found in a bush allegedly having sex with a pupil
of his school. The incident happened on Monday after school hours.
Our correspondent gathered
on Wednesday that the proprietor, identified as Mr. Tunde Ibitoye, picked the
girl and another pupil of the same school and was taking them home in his car
when he stopped at a deserted place and went into the bush pretending to be
defecating.
An eyewitness, who
said he caught the suspect in the act, said some minutes after the man went
inside the bush, he called the victim to bring him tissue to clean up.
The eyewitness, who
identified himself as Kayode Ayeni, said he became curious when he saw the girl
going inside the bush knowing full well that a man had first gone into the bush
some minutes earlier. He said he traced the girl’s movement and found the man half naked
and the girl also undressed and was in a compromising position.
Ayeni claimed that
the proprietor was having carnal knowledge of the girl when he found the two of
them inside the bush.
The argument
between the eyewitness and the proprietor was said to have attracted a crowd of
passersby and residents to the scene. The suspect was said to have been beaten up
and escaped being lynched due to the arrival of some policemen at the
scene. The policemen, who stormed the scene,dispersed the crowd and took
the suspect away.
When contacted, the
state command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Victor Babayemi, said
Ibitoye had been arrested for “defiling an 11-year-old pupil,” adding that the
suspect was currently being interrogated by the police.
The PPRO said the
girl told police investigators that the proprietor had sex with her. He added that the girl
confessed that the last act was the fourth time the proprietor would be having
sex with her. He also said the girl’s father told the police that there
was a time he noticed blood stain on his daughter’s clothes but the man thought
it was early menstruation.
The proprietor,
however, insisted that he did not have sex with the girl but was just assisting
her home after the school hours.
But Babayemi said
the girl had been taken to a hospital for medical examination, saying the
result would be made public when it was out. Babayemi said, “There is a
man in our custody who was said to be caught while having sex with an
11-year-old pupil. The girl has been taken to hospital for examination and we
are expecting the result.
“We are
investigating to see if we can find other girls who the man might have defiled.
If we find any, it would further corroborate the allegation. But we advise
parents to alway ensure that their children are put in custody of responsible
people.”
Source: Punch
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