The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man and his mother for enslaving and raping a teenage girl since March 2019.
Adewumi Ademiloye kept the girl in his house after kidnapping her on her way for extra-mural lessons in preparation for WAEC.
The victim whose name may not be revealed for security reasons was reported missing in March 2019 by her parents.
Her whereabouts remained a mystery until recently when the police received a report of her whereabouts.
Acting on the information, police operatives trailed the girl to the residence of one Mrs Felicia Ademiloye, the mother of the accused rapist.
Spokesperson for Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu said investigations revealed that the victim was lured by Adewumi into his mother’s house and drugged her on the fateful day she disappeared.
Speaking further, ASP Abutu said, “The victim said after consuming the drugs given to her by Adewumi, she could not remember to go back home. She said she is now a drug addict due to the number of drugs consumed within the three years of her enslavement.
“Adewumi had series of s3xual intercourse with her and has given her to different men on many occasions each time he did not have money, who had s3x with her and paid him between N10,000 and N20,000.”
The police reports that the victim was about eight months pregnant when she was rescued.
The security operatives further said during interrogation Adewumi confessed to the crimes and that he and his mother would be charged to court for conspiracy to wit abduction, rape and child exploitation.
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