A man identified as Ovie Okogbo, who specializes in defiling teenage boys and children between the ages of 10 and 15 years, has been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the alleged rapist, who is a father of three, resides at No.15 Ugboguhi Street Off Uwasota, Ugbowo, Benin City and works as a security guard in the area.
It was gathered that he specializes in using N100 to N200 to lure his victims and have an unnatural carnal knowledge of them.
A 13-year-old boy (name withheld) who happened to be one of his victims took ill, his legs were swollen, and had pores all over his body.
When he was taken to the hospital for medical examination, the doctor revealed that his liver and kidney is damaged as a result of a certain chemical contained in bleaching creams.
Upon further inquiry by the victim’s parents, he opened up to them that a certain man in the area forcibly had carnal knowledge of him and he applied the cream in his anus.
The case was immediately reported to the police.
On receipt of the information, the operatives of the command immediately swung into action arrested Ovie Okogbo ‘M’ who is cooperating with the investigation.
He confessed to having defiled nine (9) boys in the area. Six (6) have already been identified and their parents also made a formal complaint to the commissioner of police to that effect, while three (3) out of the nine (9) children are yet to be identified.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, Kontongs Bello, says the state Commissioner Of Police, CP Philip Aliyu Ogbadu, while lamenting over the behavior of the suspect, reminded parents, guardians and the society of its social responsibility of guiding, protecting and teaching young children the way of life.
He further stated that society can only thrive when these children are protected from the menace of immoral/ criminal members of society.
The suspect will soon be arraigned in court at the end of the investigation.
