Police arrests doctor for allegedly assaulting teenager in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo
The Osun State Police has apprehended a medical doctor, Olayode Akangbe Shakiru for allegedly defiling a teenage girl.
Spokesperson of the Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the arrest, revealed that the suspect, Shakiru was apprehended on Thursday by a team of policemen from Oke-Baale Police Division in Osogbo after the family of the 18-year-old girl reported the matter.
Opalola added that the suspect was arrested while returning to Osogbo from Ipetumodu along the Ile-Ife road.
She further disclosed that the medical doctor had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for onward action.
According to reports, Shakiru allegedly approached the victim (name withheld) while she was enroute a destination on foot and offered a her a ride.
The victim had then alighted at the Oke-Fia area of Osogbo, after exchanging contacts with the suspect, who then promised to get her a job to support her education.
The crime, as revealed by the victim was allegedly committed at the suspect’s house at the Ilesa Garage area of Osogbo where the teenager had gone to sign the purported job form.
On the action she took after the incident, the teenager said, “I went to my older sister and narrated my ordeals to her. It was after that, that she took me to Oke-Baale Police Station in Osogbo and we reported the rape incident.”
Meanwhile, a text message the suspect reportedly sent to the victim on WhatsApp telling her of his intention to secure an employment for her has been retrieved as exhibit in the case.
An elder brother to the victim, who pleaded anonymity, said his sister was unable to identify the suspect’s house when the police accompanied her to effect an arrest.
“We took the Police to Atoke Hospital, Igbona Area where he claimed to be working. The nurses at the hospital said he is a ‘listed doctor’ as he comes once a while to attend to patients,” he added.
