The Ogun State Police Command's agents have detained 84-year-old Stephen Jack for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old child (name withheld).
This was revealed in a statement released on Saturday in Abeokuta by the state's public relations officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
According to Oyeyemi, the elderly man who lives in the Ijebu Ode neighbourhood of Okun Owa was detained as a result of a complaint made to the divisional office of Obalende.
He said that the girl's father had informed the police that his daughter was bleeding from her private area.
According to Oyeyemi, the father said when he asked the little girl why she was bleeding, she informed him that the suspect had sex with her.
Oyeyemi said the DPO Obalende division, Murphy Salami, immediately detailed his detectives to the scene, where the “randy old man” was apprehended.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the old man is a known pedophile in the area,” he said.
Oyeyemi said the victim had been taken to the General Hospital Ijebu Ode for medical treatment.
He quoted the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, to have directed the transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation Departments for more investigation and possible prosecution.