A Lagos-based man who sells clothes and
was paraded by the Lagos State Police
Command on Wednesday, has confessed
how he defiled a 13-year-old girl, saying
that he intended marrying the victim.
Photo used for illustrative purposes
A 42-year-old suspect paraded by the
police for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old
girl said he intended marrying the victim
and had made a partial payment of N64,
000 as bride price.
The suspect (name withheld), who sells
clothes and resides at Ilaje in Ajangbadi
area of Lagos, was paraded by the Lagos
State Police Command on Wednesday.
The suspect said he had been dating the
victim for eight months after she told him
that she was 18-years-old.
He said, “She told me she was 18-years-old and
we have been dating for eight months. I have
fulfilled some of the traditional rites required to
marry her.
“I paid N20, 000 for introduction and gave her
father N64, 000 out of the N100, 000 demanded for
other traditional rites. The parent know that I have
been taking care of the girl.
“I was surprised when I received a call yesterday
that the police were looking for me after the girl’s
school authorities said she was too young to get
married.
“I have met elders in her family three times. Her
mother’s clothes, which she gave me to mend,
because she wants to travel are still in my shop. I
just feel sad that I am being treated this way after
all that I have done for the family,” he said.
A police source, however, said that the
victim’s parents, who said their daughter
was only a primary six pupil, denied
knowing the suspect.
The source said that the victim had gone to
sell plantain to the suspect when she was
defiled and given N500.
The suspect could not, however, provide
the address of ‘supposed’ his in-law (the
victim’s parents) when asked to do so.
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