A
26-year-old man, Rafiu Idowu, is being detained by the Osun State Police
Command for allegedly killing his 10-year-old cousin, Tawa Bilawu, after he
allegedly raped her.
Idowu who
confessed to have committed the offence, said the victim lured him into raping
her when she paid a visit to him at his family residence at Ile-Ogbo in Ayedire
Local Government Area of the state.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state Police Command, Mrs Folashade
Odoro, said the suspect, who is currently in Police custody, was arrested by a
team of detectives from the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, led
by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Jimoh.
According
to the PPRO, the suspect who recently returned to the state from Lagos also
smokes indian hemp.
The
police claimed the suspect admitted that the deceased was his relative who pays
him regular visit at his residence, adding that the late Bilawu was known to
every member of his family.
The
suspect said: “Tawa Bilawu met me at the passage of my house when she came to
visit me on that fateful day. I asked her where she was going and she said
somebody sent her somewhere but she decided to check on me.
“Bilawu
later dragged me into my room where she removed my trousers and both of us went
on bed. Then, Bilawu put my penis into her private part and started
shouting. I then asked her the reason for the alarm.
“The
alarm raised by Bilawu was after two minutes of sexual intercourse between us.
When she started shouting, I got hold of her neck and nose and pressed them
till she died.”
He
admitted that the late Bilawu never had intercourse with him prior to the one
that led to her death.
The state
Commissioner of Police, Mrs Dorothy Gimba, has however directed that the case
be investigated and the suspect arraigned.
Vanguard.
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