The Lagos State Police Command has revealed in a statement on Monday that a courageous 14 year old girl had reported her biological father for having sex with her.
The Police didn’t disclose the name of the girl, but said the incident happened in Ikorodu Area of Lagos.
Immediately, the Police at Ipakodo Division swung into action and arrested the suspect (45 years) whose name was identified as Kayode Adwyanju.
In a statement on Monday which was signed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, titled, ‘Lagos Police Arrest Man For Defiling Daughter, Suspected Cultists Arrested With Arms In Lagos Hotel’.
“The survivor personally reported the case at Ipakodo Police Station, Ikorodu on the 7th June, 2021, after her horrible ordeal in the hands of her father and the police operatives arrested the suspect.
The Police Commissioner.CP Hakeem Odumosu while condemning the act ordered that the case be transferred to the Gender Unit of the Command for further investigation.
Also, some cultists were arrested while in a meeting by the operatives attached to the Morogbo Division on Sunday night, acting “on a tip-off from the management of House 2 Hotel, Igbekele Morogbo, Lagos State, that some boys suspected to be cultists were holding a meeting in the hotel, arrested seven suspected cultists”.
“The suspects include Hameed Salami, m, 35; Ogunlade Adewale, m, 30; Sunday Ogbemudia, m, 36; Okekunle Segun, m, 26; Imole Kingsley, m, 23; Rasak Lekan, m, 26; and Osuya Innocent, m, 23. Items recovers from them include one locally made pistol, two live cartridges, one axe, assorted charms,” the statement added.
Adejobi said Odumosu ordered that the case be transferred to the Command’s Special Squad, Ikeja, for “discreet investigation”.
Odumosu reportedly reiterated the command’s commitment to continually tackle cultism and other crimes in the state.
