Ayodeji Arowolo was arrested by members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps in Kwara State on suspicion of engaging in sexual knowledge of his 19-year-old daughter.
On Friday, August 5, 2022, Arowolo, a 55-year-old security guard, was paraded alongside two other suspects at the Command Headquarters in Ilorin.
According to the corps’ spokesman, Mr. Olasunkanmi Ayeni, the suspect has allegedly been sexually abusing his daughter for the past twelve years, starting when she was eight years old.
In his, words;
“The ministry and the command’s Gender Unit are collaborating together. It was a good Samaritan that reported the case to the Ministry of Social Welfare before the case was brought here. The man was said to have been molesting the girl while she was seven years old.”
The suspect, Mr. Arowolo, was also interviewed by newsmen. He confessed to the crime but vehemently blamed the devil for it.