A man who played Santa Claus or Father Christmas at a Christmas party organised by a nursery and primary school in the Ojodu-Abiodun area of Ogun State has reportedly been arrested for defiling a five-year-old girl.

During such parties, children are usually taken to the Father Christmas one after the other to receive gifts from him. The joyful event turned awry after a five-year-old pupil from the school complained that the Father Christmas dipped a finger in her vagina and blood came out when she went in for her gift.

The matter was reportedly incidented at a police station in the area following which the said Father Christmas was arrested penultimate Friday and later released on bail. He was thereafter mandated to report to the station last Monday.

•Excerpted from a Sunday Sun report.