The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a security man at the Greater Scholars International School in Abraham Adesanya Estate, Lagos State for allegedly defiling a four-year-old pupil of the school.
The suspect was identified only as David.
According to the information provided by a Twitter user, @TheVawulence, the school management and the police are attempting to frustrate efforts to investigate David’s actions.
The source alleged that the pupil was raped by the guard, beaten and warned not to inform anyone.
The Twitter user also narrated how the victim’s father went to the Ajiwe Police Division to make a report but was threatened by thugs, allegedly recruited by the school proprietor.
@TheVawulence also added that David, when confronted, boasted he would be freed eventually “because he knows how powerful the school…he started laughing when the father came to complain.”
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Furthermore, the citizen said, “When she was abused, she went to report to her teacher that Mr David put his thing in my bumbum, the teacher flogged her and told her not to tell anyone.
“The girl was asked to describe what was done to her using a teddy bear and she described what exactly happened.”
Reacting to the allegations that the police connived with the school management to frustrate the case, the police spokesperson in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said they are untrue.
His words, “The suspect has been arrested and is still in custody. A medical report that would ensure a conviction is being
“We don’t pander to emotions but deal with evidence to prove issues beyond a reasonable doubt,” the spokesperson said on Saturday.
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), also on Saturday, confirmed the suspect will be prosecuted.
“We also alerted the Ajiwe FSU Police Division for investigation. The suspect is currently in police custody.
“The case would be transferred to the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command before it is charged to court on Monday.”