Tunde Sholanke
Operatives of The Federal Capital Territory Police Command attached to the Apo Divisional Police Headquarters have arrested a 48 year old man, one Adekola Adeshina for allegedly raping his neighbours 10-year- old daughter in Abuja.
The suspect, according to the Command’s Spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh in a statement to newsmen on Sunday confessed to have severally raped the minor.
He said, the Apo Divisional Headquarters of the Command received a complaint from one Rose Solomon of behind-Prince & Princess Estate, Abuja that “she was suspecting her neighbor, one Adekola Adeshina, a 48 years old male, of sexually engaging her 10 years old daughter, Faith Solomon.”
The suspect shortly after being “arrested and interrogated, voluntarily elected in a written statement to have carried out the dastardly act severally.”
While the 10 years old Faith Solomon is undergoing a medical examination, Adeh noted that the Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Sadiq Idris Abubakar wished to call on parents and guardians to exercise a greater level of attention to changes in behavioral pattern of their wards around individuals and ensure that measures are put in place to shield them against sexual crimes.
Meanwhile, the suspect remains in Police custody and will be charged in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.
