Ogun State police command yesterday arrested a 42-year-old web designer, Abiodun Amosun, for raping his 16-year-old housemaid.
The web designer who was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ibara Police Division by the Benue State born victim who was accompanied to the station by a member of Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), committed the crime on October 25, at the family’s house at the Government Reservation Area (GRA),Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, while his wife was away in Lagos.
According to the rape victim, the suspect who dragged her into his bedroom and raped her, assaulted and sent her out of the house after she started making noise following the rape act. Parading the suspect, Ogun police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said Amosun was arrested a member of the CDHR saw the rape victim and took her to the police station to report.
“On interrogation, the suspect initially denied the allegation, but when confronted with the blood stained bedsheet in his bedroom, he admitted to the commission of the offence,” Oyeyemi stated.
“The victim who claimed to be a virgin before the incident, has been taken to General Hospital for medical attention and the medical report has confirmed that victim was actually sexually abused,” the police said.
