Police arrest 65-year old landlord for brutalising tenant’s 11-year old twins

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta

A 65 years old man, Samuel Adekoya, was on Friday, arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for child abuse and physical molestation of 11 years old twin brothers, Taiwo Enoch Olishe and Kehinde Emmanuel Olishe.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ijebu Ode Area Command by the twins’ mother, Gbenisola Olishe, who reported that, while she was away on business trip, she received a phone call from a good Samaritan informing her that her landlord tied the twins’ hands and legs like a goat and was dragging them on the ground with the rope after beaten them with cable wire. 

The suspect was alleged to have also video recorded the cruel act while carrying it out.

She stated further that the twins sustained varying degrees of body injuries as a result of the wicked act.

Oyeyemi said: “Upon the report, the Area Commander, Ijebu Ode, Mr. Adeniyi Omosanyin, detailed some policemen to the scene where the two boys who were met tying down on both legs and hands were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment.

“The suspect who happened to be the landlord of the victims’ parents was promptly arrested and taken to the station.

“On interrogation, the suspect explained to the police that he was informed that one of the twins excreted within the compound despite his warning that the compound must be kept clean always. When asked to take policemen to where the excreta was, he said the boy has already washed it.

“One of the twins is currently on admission at Ijebu Ode General Hospital due to injury he sustained while he was being dragged on the ground by the suspect.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the case be thoroughly investigated, and that the suspect must be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is concluded.”