The Lagos State Police Command said it has detained one of its officers who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl at the Area H Command, Ogudu.
The spokesperson of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, however, denied reports that the police authority was shielding the suspected rapist.
Speaking further, Hundeyin explained that the officer in question had initially absconded from work since the alleged incident and only turned himself in on Saturday to face questioning.
He however assured the public that the matter was not being swept under the carpet, said that the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, had ordered the Gender Unit of the command to immediately investigate the case.
It will be recalled that NAN had earlier reported a case 17-year-old girl (name withheld), who was rape by a senior police officer attached to Area H Command Ogudu, Ojota area, to her parents.
According to NAN, the girl became a victim of alleged violent sexual assault while trying to recover her alleged stolen phone by some criminals.
NAN investigation revealed that the said police officer, who got wind of the stolen phone, offered to help the girl track her missing phone after taking her statement.
It also learnt that the officer, simply identified as Owolabi, allegedly deceptfully tricked the teenager with false information that police operatives had arrested the suspected thief.
“The officer then lured the girl with the false information. When she arrived his office, he allegedly raped the girl under gun point,” a source said.
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