…Another nabbed for defiling 10-year-old daughter

From Molly Kilete, Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said it has arrested a 48-year-old father for defiling his 10-year-old daughter.

The suspect, Adekola Adeshina, who had been sleeping with his daughter (names withheld) for sometime now, was said to have been discovered by a good neighbour who alerted the police before his arrest.

FCT, Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, who made the disclosure, said the suspect was arrested by operatives attached to the Apo Divisional Police Headquarters.

Adeh, in a statement, said: “Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command attached to the Apo Divisional Police Headquarters, at about 10:15hrs of 22/2/23 received a complaint from one Rose Solomon of behind-Prince & Princess Estate that she was suspecting her neighbour, one Adekola Adeshina, a 48-year-old male, of sexually engaging her 10-year-old daughter, Faith Solomon.

The suspect shortly after being arrested and interrogated, voluntarily elected in a written statement to have carried out the dastardly act severally.

While the 10-year-old, Faith Solomon, is undergoing a medical examination, the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Sadiq Idris Abubakar, wishes to call on parents and guardians to exercise a greater level of attention to changes in behavioural pattern of their wards around individuals and ensure that measures are put in place to shield them against sexual crimes. 

Meanwhile, the suspect remains in police custody and will be charged in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.

The Commissioner of Police equally enjoins members of the public to be vigilant and make  prompt rendition of calls/complaints through the following emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883, while the Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk, could be reached on: 0902 222 2352.