A 40-year-old man has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command for allegedly impregnating a 15-year-old in an uncompleted building in Tayi Village near Minna.
The arrest was confirmed to newsmen by the command’s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, on Friday in Minna.
The spokesperson noted that the teenager was in JSS3.
He said the incident was reported at the Bosso Divisional Police Station on Feb. 28 at 10:30 pm.
”The female victim of about 15 years, who is a JS3 student in Minna, fell sick and was taken to a hospital for treatment and she was confirmed to be pregnant with complications,” he said.
According to the spokesperson, the teenager confessed that a 40-year-old resident of Tayi Village impregnated her during interrogation.
Abiodun said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had canal knowledge of the minor several times.
He added that the suspect was luring the minor with N100 or N200 into an uncompleted building in the village, where he was defiling her.
According to Abiodun, the suspect has confessed to the crime and will soon be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation.
