Man ingests poison after arrest for assaulting minor in Ondo

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

Police detectives successful Ondo State person arrested a man, Bolaji Oluwasetire, implicit the alleged intersexual battle of a six-year-old miss successful Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area.

According to constabulary sources, the fishy was apprehended aft being caught successful the enactment of forcing the insignificant into an indecent enactment astir 9 p.m. Following a report, operatives from the Gender Desk Office astatine the Ore Divisional Headquarters arrested him for interrogation.

While successful custody, Oluwasetire reportedly ingested a poisonous substance, suspected to beryllium herbicide, successful an effort to evade justice. He was said to person confessed to the enactment aft helium began vomiting.

Ondo State Police spokesperson, Ayanlade Olayinka, confirmed the incident, stating that the fishy was rushed to the General Hospital successful Ore, wherever helium is presently receiving attraction nether adjacent monitoring.

“The insignificant unfortunate is safe, and due enactment services are being provided to her family. Investigation is ongoing, and the fishy volition look the afloat value of the instrumentality upon recovery,” Olayinka assured.

He reiterated the Command’s zero tolerance for intersexual and gender-based violence, stressing that offenders volition not flight justice.

“Parents, guardians, and assemblage leaders indispensable stay vigilant and promptly study immoderate suspected lawsuit of abuse. Ondo State volition ne'er beryllium a harmless haven for perpetrators of intersexual and gender-based violence,” helium added.

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