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At least four suspects were arrested for allegedly raping two minors in Nigeria’s soutwestern state of Osun, civil defence said on Thursday.
The suspects, Sadiq Opeyemi, 30, Afeez Olalekan, 26, Ismail Ibrahim, 30, and Abdulahi Garba, 33, were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) on December 3 in Iwo, Iwo Local Government Area of the state.
The NSCDC Commandant in Osun, Igbalawole Sotiyo – said during a parade the suspects defiled the two minors who were 13 years of age respectively.
According to Sotiyo, the suspects lured the girls with ₦500 and slept with them on many occasions.
He added that the perpetrators confessed to the crime.
The commandant revealed that the girls were living with their grandparents, adding that they fell to the tactics of the suspects while looking for survival.
He said: “These minors are living with their grandparents but have not been well taken care of.
“It was in the course of looking for survival that they were abused by the four suspects.
“Discreet investigation revealed that the suspects committed the crime.
“I want to assure members of the public that the perpetrators of this offence will be made to face the full wrath of the law to serve as a deterrent to other criminally minded people in the society.”
The suspects while speaking with reporters – admitted that they actually slept with the girls at different times and places after giving them money.
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