A 16-year-old boy identified as Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 2-year-old girl.
The incident happened at Egba community, in the Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, during a parade of the suspect, said he was arrested after the case was reported to the police, adding that the gender unit of the command was investigating the case.
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He said as soon as the investigation had been completed, the suspect would be charged to court.
However, when questioned by journalists, the suspect said; .
He said, “The two-year-old girl always comes to meet my sister. She came on this day and I told her to go back home because my sister was not around but she refused to go.
“So, I carried her, put her on the bed and pulled her knickers halfway down. But I only put my penis in between her lap. I didn’t know what came over me, because I haven’t done it before.”
