The Ekiti State police command has rescued a 15-year-old girl and arrested one Adewumi and his mother, Felicia, for abduction and sexual molestation of the victim for three years.

Police authorities said the victim disappeared in March 2019 after leaving home for an extra class in preparation for the year’s West Africa Examination Council (WAEC).

According to a statement by the spokesman of the command, ASP Sunday Abutu, the teenager’s parents reported the case to the police but all efforts to locate her proved abortive until last week.

The statement explained, “However, on 15/3/2022, that is about three (3) years later, the victim’s mother received credible information about her daughter’s whereabouts. She then alerted the Command’s Juvenile Welfare Center (JWC) of the State CID who then swung into action and traced the missing girl to the house of one Mrs Ademiloye Felicia.

“The victim was immediately rescued while Mrs Ademiloye Felicia and her son, Adewumi Ademiloye, were subsequently arrested for further investigation,” the statement said.

Abutu disclosed that investigations revealed the victim was lured by Adewumi into his mother’s house and subsequently drugged, while the victim alleged that she could not go back home after consuming the drugs given and became a drug addict.

On sexual exploitation, the spokesman stated further, “According to the victim, Adewumi Ademiloye had series of sexual intercourse with her and has given her to different men on many occasions each time he does not have money who had sex with her and paid Adewumi Ademiloye an amount ranging from ten thousand naira to twenty thousand naira.

“Further investigation revealed that the victim is about 8 months pregnant but has not been registered in any Heath Care Center or visited any hospital for Antenatal Care,” he said.

The command said Adewumi has confessed to committing the crime and would be charged to court alongside his mother for conspiracy to wit abduction, rape and child exploitation.

The PPRO added that the victim has been taken to Ekiti State Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Ado-Ekiti, for medical attention. (Nigerian Tribune)

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