The Lagos state police command has arrested 26-year-old salesman named Chinedu Obi for allegedly defiling his employer’s 12-year-old twin daughters.
In a statement from Bala Elkana, the spokesperson of the command, it says on June 16, a woman in her mid-thirties (name withheld) reported at Aguda Police Station that her salesman, Chinedu, had sexual intercourse with her 12-year-old twin daughters (names withheld) when she left the two girls with him in her house.
The suspect was arrested and he reportedly confessed to committing the crime. Bala in the statement said the suspect said he started having sexual intercourse with the girls in 2019.
The statement adds that the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu psc has ordered the transfer of the case to the Gender Unit, State Headquarters, Ikeja for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
The Commissioner advised parents not to trust anyone with their kids, especially female children. He further reaffirmed the commitment of the Command to continually apprehend sexual offenders, wherever they are in the state and make them face the full weight of the law.
