A 45-year-old cleric, Adeleye Akingbaso, has been detained at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl.
According to Daily Post, the Ekiti State Magistrate Court gave the order to detained Akingbaso who was suspected to have committed the offence at the Ajowa Area of Ado Ekiti on 25th July, 2022.
In her statement to the Police, the victim said, “the Prophet is my mothers’ man-friend, he used to sleep in our house; on that day, my mummy left for night duty but the Prophet slept in our house. In the midnight, he woke me and said I had bed wet, I said no, he gave me shea butter and salt to rub my private part, I did as he directed, when I woke on the second day, I saw him beside me and discovered that I have been raped, he warned me not to tell anybody because I will run mad.
“He came back on the third day, he said, he wanted to renew what he gave me earlier by having sex with me, I ran out of the house and informed our neighbours, they called my mother and narrated what happened to her, he was arrested and handed over to the Police.”
