A 25-year-old man has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Police in Ekiti for allegedly having a forceful carnal knowledge of an 85 years old woman.
The accused, one Familola Ayodeji, a resident of 17, Oke Ido Street, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was accused of committing the crime on December 25, 2015.
“The victim, a great grandmother, was asleep when the suspect sneaked into her room, bolted the door and forcefully took advantage of her,” a statement released by the Police explained.
He was apprehended by operatives of the Department of Criminal Investigation in Ado-Ekiti.
It was stated that the suspect initially went into hiding after the act but was caught in the dragnet spread for him by detectives.
“Medical report confirmed that the victim was r@ped by the suspect, he will soon be charged to court,” the Ekiti State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Victor Babayemi, said in the statement.
