Man, 30, rapes 20-yr-old woman in Church

Ajibola Akindele, 30, was on Monday apprehended by men of Ogun State Police command, for forcefully sleeping with a 20-year-old girl (name withheld) in a church.

The spokesperson of Ogun State command Police, Abimbola Oyeyemi, revealed this through a statement issued and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

According to the spokesperson of the police, the suspect was apprehended following a report lodged at Lafenwa divisional headquarters by the victim’s mother.

The mother of the victim had reported that she sent her daughter, together with the suspect to go and decorate a church in Ita Oshin area of Abeokuta on the 16th of April 2022.

“On getting to the church, they met some other women who came to sweep the church in preparation for Sunday service”.

“But soon as those women left after sweeping the church, the suspect took advantage of being alone with the victim and forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her inside the church”.

“Upon the report, the DPO Lafenwa division, CSP Kayode Shadrach, detailed his detectives to go after the suspect and bring him to justice”.

“The detectives moved to the scene and promptly arrested the suspect who has since confessed to the crime”.

However, the State Commissioner of police, Lanre Bankole, has instructed the immediate transfer of the suspect to the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for due investigation and prosecution.