38 year old man arrested for raping an eight year old girl in Ogun state.

A 38-year-old man Abiodun Ojo have been  arrested for having a carnal knowledge of an 8 year old girl. The incident happened at Magbara, a village near Idiroko, a border community in Ipokia Local Government Council Area, in Ogun State.

The suspect who, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, was a co-tenant with the victim's parents.

He was said to had lured the girl into a bush path under the pretence of wanting to send her on an errand and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

It was the shouting and crying of the girl that attracted the attention of local vigilante operatives who rescued the girl and placed a distress call to Police at Idiroko division.