NSCDC nabs 4 men for alleged rape of minors in Osun

Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested four suspects who allegedly raped two minors in the state.

The suspects, Sadiq Opeyemi, 30, Afeez Olalekan, 26, Ismail Ibrahim, 30, and Abdulahi Garba, 33, were arrested on December 3 in Iwo, Iwo Local Government Area of the state.

Parading the suspects on Thursday in Osogbo, the state capital, the NSCDC Commandant in Osun, Mr Igbalawole Sotiyo said they defiled the two minors who were 13 years of age respectively.

According to him, the suspects lured the girls with N500 and slept with them on many occasions, adding that the perpetrators confessed to the crime.

The commandant, who noted that the girls were living with their grandparents, said that they fell to the tactics of the suspects while looking for survival.

“These minors are living with their grandparents but have not been well taken care of.

“It was in the course of looking for survival that they were abused by the four suspects.

“Discreet investigation revealed that the suspects committed the crime.

“I want to assure members of the public that the perpetrators of this offence will be made to face the full wrath of the law to serve as a deterrent to other criminally minded people in the society,” he said.

The suspects while speaking with newsmen admitted that they actually slept with the girls at different times and places after giving them money.