Rape has become one of the commonest crimes of personal violence. A 48 years old man named Adekola Adeshina has been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command for allegedly Defiling a ten years old girl who according to the Nigerian Constitution is still a child who cannot consent or even under the nature of the act.
According to SP Josephine Adeh, the police spokesperson for the state, the mother of the victim launched a complaint to the police as she said she was suspecting that her neighbor, Mr. Adekola Adeshina of Defiling her daughter.
“Operatives of The FCT Police Command attached to the Apo Divisional Police Headquarters, around 10:15 am on March 22, 2023, received a complaint from one Mrs. Rose Solomon living close to Prince and Princess Estate.
“Mrs. Solomon complained that she was suspecting her neighbor, Adekola Adeshina, a 48-year-old male, of sexually engaging her 10-year-old daughter, Faith Solomon.
The police swung to action and immediately arrested the suspect who confessed to have been engaging in such dastardly acts with the girl for a long while
“The suspect shortly after being arrested and interrogated, voluntarily elected in a written statement to have carried out the dastardly act severally.”
Sadiq Abubakar, the State’s Commissioner of Police, has advised Parents, Guardians to be very vigilant as regards their children and wards, and to pay close attention to their relationship with male visitors, neighbors even relatives.
The crime of rape is one of the most underreports crimes of personal violence, and the law seeks to protect every single person from being forced to use carnal knowledge without consent. And that is why the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act did not streamline the definition of Rape to a particular gender or a particular act. Fortunately, the VAPPA is operative in Abuja.
