Etim Ekpimah
Police detectives at the Ogun State Police Command on Friday, 25 November 2022, arrested a 36-year-old gay, Sikiru Ajibola for allegedly raping a 5-year-old boy to death in the Ogijo area of Ogun State.
The suspect was said to have been arrested following a report lodged at the Ogijo Divisional Police headquarters by the CDA Chairman of Olorunwa Arogbeja Ogijo, who reported that one of the community members informed him that the suspect had unlawful carnal knowledge of a 5-year-old boy, consequence upon which the innocent boy died in the process.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Saturday, confirmed the incident.
He said that upon the report, the DPO Ogijo Division, CSP Enatufe Omoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
“We learnt that, on interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a homosexual and that while he was having sex with the deceased boy, the boy gave up the ghost.
“He confessed further that he quickly dug a shallow grave in a nearby bush, where he hurriedly buried the boy.
“We further gathered that he took policemen to where the deceased was buried and the police exhumed the body,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.