The man, Sikiru Odejide, 41, was arrested by policemen in Ogun State Police following a complaint from the mother of the victim who had been separated from the suspect.

According to the state's Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect’s ex-wife reported the matter at the Sango-Ota Police Division, alleging that her daughter came to her house in the Ijeshatedo area of Lagos State to inform her that the suspect has been defiling her since December 2016.

He added that the girl's father allegedly ordered that she not tell anybody, and allegedly threatened her with death.

Oyeyemi said, “On the strength of the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Sango-Ota Police Station, Akinsola Ogunwale, effected the arrest of the father in the Onihale area of the Ifo Local Government Area.”
The suspect is said to have confessed to the crime.

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