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.”
Culled
from Punch
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