Police in Ogun state have arrested 70-year-old man named Hunsu Sunday (pictured above) for allegedly impregnating his 15-year-old granddaughter.
Sunday was arrested on Tuesday following a complaint by the aunt of the victim to the police at Ado-Odo/Ota divisional headquarters.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Friday in a statement.
Oyeyemi said the complainant told the police that the victim had been living with the septuagenarian since the demise of her mother.
According to the PPRO, the aunt stated further that the victim reported that her grandfather had been abusing her sexually for quite some time and she has been having strange feelings recently.
Upon the information, the DPO Ado-Odo, SP Michael Arowojeun, detailed his men and effected the arrest of the suspect.
Oyeyemi stressed;
On interrogation, he confessed having carnal knowledge of his granddaughter, but claimed that he didn’t know that the victim is pregnant. The victim has been taken to hospital for medical treatment.
The spokesperson added that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
