Police in Ogun have arrested a 36-year-old school bus driver, Humble Michael, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old pupil inside the school bus.
The suspect was arrested last Saturday after the mother of the victim reported the matter at Ogijo Divisional headquarters.
State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
Oyeyemi explained that the mother of the victim told the police that “while her husband was bathing her daughter, he discovered that blood was gushing out of her private part, and when the girl was questioned, she disclosed to her parents that the driver of their school bus was the person who had sex with her on the 21st of January 2021 on their way coming from school.
“The victim stated further that after the driver had dropped all other school children at their various homes, she was the only person left in the bus, this gave the driver opportunity to park somewhere along the road and defiled the little innocent girl.”
The police spokesman added that following the report, the DPO Ogijo Division, CSP Muhammed Sulaiman Baba, detailed his operatives to arrest the suspect.
Oyeyemi said, “The victim was quickly taken to General hospital for treatment and the doctor’s report confirmed that she had been sexually abused.
“On interrogation, the suspect admitted that he actually committed the crime.”
The PPRO, however, said, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
He added that the CP also appealed to parents to always make the wellbeing of their children, especially female ones, a top priority in order to keep them safe from evil men lurking around everywhere.
“He also warned school proprietors to always have background checks of those they want to employ to save them from employing criminals,” the PPRO added.