Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - A 38-year-old man, identified simply as Michael, along with another suspect, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly assaulting his 13-year-old stepdaughter.
According to Punch, the suspect was the stepfather of the
13-year-old girl and that she had been repeatedly assaulted before his arrest
by the police in the Agege area of the state on Sunday.
According to sources in the community who were privy to the
incident, the survivor, who was living with the suspect, had allegedly been
running away from home before returning to her biological father, to whom she
reportedly disclosed that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather.
One of the sources, who craved anonymity because of the
sensitivity of the incident, told Punch on Monday that the girl’s father
subsequently reported the allegation at a police station in Ketu.
Our correspondents learnt that the suspect’s detention
further led to the arrest of another suspect, whom the police described as the
survivor’s “boyfriend.”
Confirming the arrest during a telephone interview on
Monday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, said both
suspects had been arrested and detained, while the victim had been taken for
medical examination.
“The case was reported yesterday evening (Sunday); both the
stepfather and the boyfriend were arrested and detained while the victim was
taken to Mirabel Centre for medical examination and will be transferred to
Gender Ikeja tomorrow morning (Tuesday) for further investigation,” she said.
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