….Parents advised to monitor their children during the lockdown period.
On 30/03/2020 at about 0150hrs a woman (name withheld) reported at Ikorodu Police Station that on 29/03/2020 at about 1910hrs she keep her 9 years old daughter (name withheld) in the care of one mercy ‘f’ and left for hospital. On getting back from hospital, she discovered that the girl is no longer there. On searching for her, she saw her with one Christian Chikezie ‘m’ coming out from his house. On enquiry her daughter told her that the said Christian Chikeze had sexual intercourse with her. The survivor was taken to hospital for medical treatment and forensic examination. The suspect is arrested by detectives from the Juvenile Welfare Centre, Ikorodu Police Station and transferred to Gender Unit, Command Headquarters, Ikeja for discreet investigation and prosecution. Investigation is ongoing. In a related development, operatives from Okokomaiko Police Station arrested one Dako Aaron “m” 52 years old of Olanrewaju Street, Okokomaiko for having sexual intercourse with a 13 year old girl (name withheld). The suspect works as a security guard with a private company in Okokomaiko. He is alleged to have dragged the survivor into his security post in two different occasions, first on 02/02/2020 and 12/03/2020. The survivor was taken to hospital for medical treatment and forensic examination. The suspect is arrested and transferred to Gender Unit for discreet investigation and prosecution. From records available, the suspect is an habitual paedophile. He was last charged to Court on 22/02/2017 for raping a minor. The suspects will be charged to Court. The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu psc uses this medium to advise parents to beware of paedophiles preying on their children during the lockdown period.
