Edo police arrest 16-year-old boy for defiling two-year-old

The operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 16 years old boy for allegedly defiling a two-year-old minor on June 7, 2023.

Chidi Nwabuzor, the Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, while parading the suspect, said the suspect committed the offence in Egba community, Uhunwonde Local Government.

Nwabuzor said the police received a report that the suspect defile a two-year-old baby in the community and promptly arrested the suspect.

Nwabuzor also stated that an investigation into the matter is ongoing under the gender unit of the criminal investigation department while assuring that as soon as the investigation was completed, the suspect would be charged to court.

Meanwhile, the suspect, during an interview with journalists, said he didn’t know what came over him.

He said, “The two-year-old girl always comes to meet my sister. She came on this day, and I told her to go back home that my sister was not around but she refused to go.

“So, I then carry her, put her on the bed and pull her knickers halfway down. But I did not defile her. I did not penetrate her, I only put my penis in between her lap.

“I didn’t know what came over me because I hadn’t done it before,” he said.