Detectives have arrested a 36 – year – old Gay, Sikiru Ajibola, for raping a 5 – year – old boy to death in Ogijo area of Ogun state.
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the CDA Chairman of Olorunwa Arogbeja Ogijo, who reported that one of the community members informed him that, the suspect had defiled a 5 year – old boy.
The innocent boy died in the process.
This prompted the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Enatufe Omoh, to mobilise detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested.
Superintendent of Police, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement on Saturday afternoon.
SP Oyeyemi stated that the suspect was arrested on November 25, 2022.
“On interrogation, the arrested suspect confessed been an 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.
“He has also taken policemen to where the deceased was buried,” Oyeyemi stated.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole had ordered the immediate transfer of the case to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.