A man who claimed to be an Engineer, and identified as Adewunmi Lawal, is wanted by the Ogun State Police Command ,for allegedly breaking into his neighbour’s apartment to molest her daughter.
The mother of the victim,a widow disclosed that the suspect broke into her apartment and defiled her 16 year old daughter, two days after she was away in Badagry,Lagos for prayers
She said on getting home,her daughter informed her of the act which made her proceed to report the matter to a human rights organisation.
She said since the incident was reported, the suspect and his wife had been begging to settle the matter outside the police which she refused.
According to her,her daughter was still awake when she heard someone breaking the back door of her apartment and when she moved closer, to find out, she saw the suspect, Adewunmi using a bench to break the wooden door to force his way in. When he gained entry, he struggled with her till he overpowered her and forcefully had his way with her on the floor .
She said ” My daughter wanted to shout,he prevented her till he finished and left,My daughter called and informed me about the incident and said Adewunmi deflowered her My comrades in the CDHR and I reported the matter to the Itele Police Station and when we asked for Adewunmi, his wife said he had left since 4am.
The suspect when contacted by the Press denied the allegations .
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident and said that the man is on the police wanted list.
” The man is on our wanted list,we gathered that the man is living in Port Harcourt and the victim’s mother doesn’t know the exact place
where he stays in Port Harcourt, but he is a Landlord in the area where the crime was committed”
Oyeyemi said that the man is guilty of the crime which was why he is on the run” If he didn’t do it why has he not shown up at the Police Station to clear his name” why did he abandon his house?
