The
Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year old man, Toyin Sodimu, for
allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter in Temidire community of Oke Apo,
Akomoje, Abeokuta.
The
state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that
the teenager reported the incident to the Adatan Police Division after her
father raped her about 2am last Saturday.
Adejobi,
a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said following Sodimu’s arrest, the 16-year
old girl had been taken to the hospital by the police for medical examination
and treatment.
He
added that the state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, had ordered an
investigation into the incident and vowed that the suspect would be prosecuted
to serve as deterrent to others.
The
statement read in part, “The policemen attached to Adatan Divisional
Headquarters in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have arrested one Toyin Sodimu in
Temidire community of Oke Apo, Akomoje Abeokuta after he raped his own
daughter, aged 16 year on Saturday.