Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a 62-year-old man, Sunday Falana, over alleged defilement of a seven-year-old daughter of his neighbour.

The suspect, a farmer and popularly known as Sebukky in the community, is a resident of Aaye Oja-Ekiti, Moba Local Government area of the state.

He was said to have forcefully raped the minor, a primary school pupil at Ilegosi area of the community.

It was gathered from an impeccable source close to the family of the victim, that the suspect forcefully defiled the girl at about 7:45pm on Saturday when the mother had gone out for an assignment.

Narrating her ordeal to the police at the divisional police station in the community, the victim, a primary two pupil of Saint John Anglican Primary School Aaye Oja-Ekiti, explained that the Sexagenarian had invited her in company of her brother, Segun,  to come and cook rice for him in his apartment.

She added that the suspect had sent her brother away on errand during which he lured her into the room and had carnal knowledge of her.

According to her, ” The man carried me and put me on the bed inside his room and forcefully removed my pant.

“When he could not penetrate my private part, he opened his cupboard and brought out something creamy, which he used to rob his private part before he forcefully had carnal knowledge of me.”

The victim explained that she was crying in the process, but the suspect cautioned her not to cry, warning that she would die should she inform anyone.

The victim’s mother, Funke Awolola, in her own version of the story, said she was doing some domestic chores at home on that Saturday night, when her 10 years old son, Segun Awolola, came home without her sister, Bidemi Awolola.

The mother said when she demanded for the whereabout of his sister, he told her she was with “Sebukky”.

According to her, when she expected her daughter to return home, and she did not return on time, she went straight to Sebukky’s house, but the man refused to open the door for them.

“At first, my daughter refused to tell me. Later, she told me that Sebukky undressed her and defiled her. I was mad. She said he initially put his finger into her private parts but on that day, he inserted his manhood into her private part”.

The victim’s mother said the case was reported at the palace of the traditional ruler of the community, where it all attracted wide condemnation, and later reported at the Police Station in Otun-Ekiti.

When contacted, spokesman for the Ekiti State Police Command, DSP, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident.

He said the suspect has been arrested and would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID) at the police headquarters in Ado Ekiti, for proper prosecution when investigation is concluded.