23-year-old student abducts, sexually assaults teenager
Police detectives in Ondo State have arrested a 23-year-old student, Akinfala Babatunde, over the alleged abduction of a 17-year-old teenager and having illicit canal knowledge of her. Sources said that the victim, Opeyemi Akinrinola, was locked up in a room by the suspect for days, while he took advantage of her. Police detectives said that the abduction occurred on September 17, 2022, and that the suspect forcefully took the victim to his house at Agosile Street, Odode Idanre. After searching for her daughter for days, the mother complained about her missing child at the police station in the town. Acting on the intelligence report, the suspect was picked up and he admitted to having custody of the missing girl. A police source said that the suspect claimed that "Opeyemi is my friend and that she voluntarily agreed to visit me at home. I did not know that her mother was searching for her and I did not lock her up in my room as claimed by her mother. Meanwhile, the accused has be...