71-yr-old nabbed for allegedly raping 7- yr-old girl

A 71-year old, Alhaji Ganiyu Kolawole, has
been arrested in Akure, the OndoState capital, for
allegedly raping a seven-year-old primary one pupil
(names withheld).
The suspect, who is a night guard and farmer, is said
to be fond of raping children. He was said to have
been jailed recently for a similar offence.
Report had it that the suspect lives alone in a
dilapidated house on Mission Road, Ayetoro Street,
Oba-Ile, Akure where he allegedly committed the act.
Vanguard gathered that the suspect, who is from
BenueState, is being detained by the officers of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The victim, who attends St. PaulAnnexPrimary
School, Oba-Ile was lured by the suspect into his
room with biscuits.
Sources said the unsuspecting girl was returning
from school, Tuesday, and said to be famished.
She was said to have crossed the road to drink water
from a well along her route but when she discovered
that the water was dirty she continued her journey
home when the suspect beckoned on her.
The girl reportedly went to the suspect who was
sitting in front of his house and was lured into the
room where she was defiled.
Vanguard learnt that the Alhaji, who connived with
another suspect now at large, asked the girl what she
wanted and promised to give her not only cold water
but biscuits.
While the girl was still trying to think of what the
Alhaji had promised her, the accomplice reportedly
pushed her inside the house while the Alhaji carried
her covering her mouth with apiece of cloth when
she started shouting.
It was gathered that after defiling the girl, the Alhaji
cleaned her up as she was bleeding.
Suspect denies allegation
Confirming the arrest and detention of the suspect,
the image maker of the NSCDC, Mr Kayode Balogun,
said: "When Alhaji was interviewed, he said the girl
approached him to buy her biscuits as she was
hungry which he bought for her and denied raping
the girl."
He said during investigation, it was discovered that
the suspect is a serial rapist who had been jailed for
raping another girl in the community.
He said: "When officers of the corps went to the
house of the accused for investigation, the residents of
the area testified that the man was fond of raping
children and had been jailed before for raping a girl
in the area.
Balogun said after the matter was reported to the
agency, the girl was taken to the general hospital
where it was confirmed she had been defiled.
He said: "Investigation is still ongoing as the man is
still in our custody and will be taken to court."
Vanguard gathered that the girl, whose father died
few years ago, lives with her mother in a one-room
apartment in Oba-Ile area of the state capital.
VANGUARD