has been arrested by the Police in Kogi for
allegedly molesting a 96-year-old
grandmother, Ige Samuel in Iyara, Ijumu
Local Government Area of the state.
Parading the suspect before newsmen at
the state Police Command Headquarters on
Friday in Lokoja, Mr Samuel Ojo, the
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in
charge of Criminal Investigation, said the
act was an abomination, ungodly and
inhuman.
The daughter of the victim told newsmen
that the incident happened on Oct. 31,
when most of the residents were in
Church.
She said the suspect forcefully pushed her
mother into the room and raped her,
adding that she was alarmed when her
mother suddenly started behaving funny
and speaking incoherently after the incident.
One of the sons of the old woman, who is
in his 60s, said the incident happened
because it was on a Sunday morning and
the woman’s guide had travelled to Ekiti.
He added that the suspect jumped out
through the window, leaving behind his
pair of slippers with the helpless old
woman panting and writhing in pains
when he noticed that people were returning
from Church.
He said their father died a long time ago,
adding that the suspect must have
committed the crime for some ritual
purposes.
He urged the police to compel the accused
to reverse whatever he did to the woman
and do everything possible to restore his
mother’s sanity.
The suspect, who spoke in Yoruba, denied
the allegation, saying that the old woman
beckoned on him through the window for
assistance only for him to be accused of
rape.
In a similar matter, one Promise Uche, a
businessman of Olobayo Housing Estate,
200-unit, Lokoja was also paraded for
allegedly molesting his neighbour’s 19-year-old
daughter on Oct. 31.
The Police said Uche allegedly abducted the
girl into his room and raped her, adding
that doctors’ report confirmed the act.
He said that the suspects would be
arraigned after police investigation. (NAN)
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