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Man, 35, arrested for sodomising teenager in Ondo

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Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said it had apprehended a 35-year-old commercial motorcyclist on Thursday for engaging a 15-year-old boy in homosexualism.

The suspect, Peter Nweke, was arrested while sodomising the victim at his residence, at Willy Bright Street, Abusoro, in Akure South Local Government of the state.

According to Daniel Aidamenbor, the NSCDC’s public relations officer, the suspect eas apprehended following coordinated efforts by the community.

While parading the suspect at the state headquarters of the corps,

Aidamenbor added that the command has mounted intensive surveillance on Nweke following continuous obsevation from residents of the area before he was apprehended.

Aidamenbor stressed that the offence contravened Section 31(1)(2) of the Ondo State Child’s Right Law 2007 and Section 3(1)(a)(b)(c) of the Ondo State Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law 2021.

“On Thursday, July 6, 2023, he was caught in the act of molesting the child but ran away. On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the victim’s uncle apprehended him and handed him over to the command,” he said.

Aidamenbor furthered that Nweke would be arraigned before the court upon conclusion of ongoing investigation.

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