Osun cleric arrested for raping 8-yr-old in Ede

The Osun Divulge Police Train has confirmed the arrest of a cleric identified merely as Kadiri, who's speculated to derive sexually assaulted an eight-yr-outmoded girl in the Babasanya-Araka residence of Ede.

In accordance to police spokesperson SP Abiodun Ojelabi, officers were dispatched to the residence after receiving a document of the incident.

He acknowledged the suspect became as soon as on the originate apprehended by operatives of the Amotekun Corps and later handed over to the police.

“The subject became as soon as reported, and we deployed operatives to the scene. When our males got to the scene, the Amotekun males who arrested him handed him over to us. So, he is in our custody already. However we need the Division to match sooner than the subject is transferred to SCID. That is all that is on hand for now,” Ojelabi acknowledged.

The arrest of the suspect sparked a utter by residents who reportedly attacked him sooner than he became as soon as rescued by security personnel.

Amotekun spokesperson, Idowu Yusuf, confirmed that the suspect is an Imam who also runs an Arabic college in the residence.

“Extra investigation is being done by the police,” Yusuf added.

A resident of Babasanya-Araka acknowledged the kid had been lacking for plenty of hours on Saturday sooner than she became as soon as stumbled on crying and bleeding. The girl’s mother reportedly took her to a health center in Ede where she got medical attention.

“She became as soon as taken to the health center in Ede, where she became as soon as checked,” the resident acknowledged.

Police converse investigations are ongoing. The suspect remains in custody as authorities assess the next steps in the case.