An angry mob at the Babasanya-Araka Ede area of Osun State protested Saturday after attacking one Islamic cleric that is simply identified as Kadiri who is alleged to have raped an eight-year-old girl.
The Osun State Police Command, on Saturday, has confirmed the arrest of the Islamic cleric after he had been seized from the angry mob. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Ondo Police Command, Abiodun Ojelabi, confirmed the incident while speaking with Sunday Punch.
Ojelabi said “Police operatives were deployed to the scene after the matter was reported.
“The matter was reported, and we deployed operatives to the scene. When our men got to the scene, the Amotekun men who arrested him handed him over to us.
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“So, he is in our custody already. But we want the Division to investigate before the matter is transferred to SCID. That is all that is available for now,” Ojelabi said.
The Spokesperson of Amotekun in Osun State, Idowu Yusuf, elaborated on the incident and said, “The suspect is an Imam of a mosque. He also has an Arabic school in the area where he is teaching students Arabic. Further investigation is being done by the police.”
An eyewitness who is a resident of the community and pleaded to explain how the suspect was arrested on condition of anonymity said the mother of the victim saw her daughter bleeding. This made her ask her daughter what had gone wrong as she (daughter) was not seen some few hours earlier.
“The victim, about eight years old, was missing for some hours on Saturday, and her mother was already looking for her. When she was found, she was crying and bleeding. She was taken to the hospital in Ede, where she was checked,” the resident said.