A 36-year-old homosexual, Sikiru Ajibola, who allegedly raped a five-year-old boy to death in the Ogijo Area of Ogun State has been arrested by the police.
The suspect was arrested on Friday by men of the state police command following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the chairman of the Community Development Association (CDA) of Olorunwa Arogbeja Ogijo.
The CDA chairman had reported that one of the community members informed him that the suspect had unlawful carnal knowledge of the five years old boy, consequence upon which the innocent boy died in the process.
The Ogun Police image-maker, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a press release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL.7/175, stated that upon the report, the DPO Ogijo Division, CSP Enatufe Omoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
The suspected homosexual, who was said to had confessed to commiting the heinous act, also allegedly dug a shallow grave where he hurriedly buried the innocent boy.
“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,” Oyeyemi stated, adding, “He has also taken policemen to where the deceased was buried.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
