Police in Lagos have arrested a 37-year-old barber
who allegedly raped a seven-year-old primary school pupil in Papa Ajao area of
Mushin, Lagos, Tuesday.
The victim said she was given a packet of biscuit
before the suspect, identified as Adelopo Yusuf, defiled her, saying on arrival
from school Tuesday, she met their apartment locked with the whereabouts of her
older siblings unknown.
Hungry, she then went to Yusuf’s barbing saloon to
wait for her siblings, who gave her biscuit and accompanied her to her parents
flat, which was still locked.
The father of one then laid her on a bench, pulled
off her pant and had canal knowledge of her. He cleaned her up with a rag
before taking her back to his shop, where she waited until one of her older
siblings arrived.
However, the bubble burst after the little girl
narrated what transpired between her and Yusuf to her sibling who, thereafter,
informed their parents.
Yusuf was said to have initially denied, until
doctor’s report from Mushin General Hospital confirmed that the girl’s hymen
had been broken, signifying that there had been penetration.
Consequently, Yusuf was arrested.
The has been transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Yaba.
Meanwhile, spokesperson for Lagos State Police
Command, Dolapo Badmus, a Superintendent, said the case was still being
investigated.
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