The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly defiling a nine-month-old baby at Railway, Ijora Badia, in the Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area of the state.
Newsmen gathered that the suspect, who went into hiding after perpetrating the crime on Monday, was arrested by the police in the late hours of Tuesday.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect to our correspondent on Wednesday, said the suspect, upon noticing that the mother of the baby had gone out to buy something, entered the room and defiled the baby.
He explained that when the mother of the baby returned to the room, she noticed that her baby had been defiled and rushed to a nearby police station to lodge a complaint.
The policemen at the station, while attending to the aggrieved mother, gave her a medical form to enable her to take her child to the hospital for urgent medical treatment, and commenced an investigation.
Hundeyin said, “The case was reported to the police around 10pm on Monday by a concerned member of the public. The suspect allegedly went to the apartment where the baby’s mother laid her on the floor and quickly went out to buy something outside the compound, had sexual intercourse with the little baby, and immediately ran away from the scene.
“The mother of the baby, aged 16, came to the station with the baby and was issued a medical form to enable her to take the child to the hospital for urgent medical attention. However, on Tuesday, around 11pm, the suspect was smoked out from his hiding by detectives attached to the Ijora Badia Division.”
Hundeyin said a stained pant of blood was recovered at the crime scene, adding that the suspect confessed to the crime during interrogation and willingly gave his statement.
“The complainant and the suspect have made statements, and the suspect confessed to the crime during interrogation. The case file and suspect will be transferred to the Gender Section of the command. The suspect will be arraigned in court tomorrow,” Hundeyin added.
