Ajibola Akindele, 30, has been detained by personnel from the Ogun state police command on April 18 for allegedly forcibly having sexual intercourse against the will of a 20-year-old girl inside a church.
According to a statement made by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was apprehended after the victim’s mother reported to the Lafenwa divisional headquarters that she sent her daughter to decorate a church in the Ita oshin region of Abeokuta with the suspect on April 16, 2022.
“On getting to the church, they met some other women who came to sweep the church in preparation for Sunday service. But soon as those women left after sweeping the church, the suspect allegedly took advantage of being alone with the victim and forcefully had an unlawful carnal knowledge of her right inside the church,” according to the statement.
“Upon the report, the DPO Lafenwa division, CSP Kayode Shadrach, detailed his detectives to go after the suspect and bring him to justice. He said the detectives quickly moved into the scene and promptly arrested the suspect who has since confessed to the crime.”
DSP Oyeyemi stated that Lanre Bankole, the state commissioner of police, has requested the suspect’s immediate transfer to the state criminal investigation and intelligence department’s anti-human trafficking and child labour unit for further investigation and possible conviction.