Ogun: Ex-convict rapes 12-year-old pupil to death
An ex-convict, Mercy Orija, has reportedly raped a 12-year-old pupil, Janet Fakeye, to death in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The suspect reportedly went into hiding shortly after he committed the offence at Fehintoluwa Community Development Association in Idiya, Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of the state.
Our correspondent gathered that Orija, who was convicted for assaulting a Point-of-Sale operator in the community last year, allegedly raped the minor shortly after he was released from prison.
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It was learnt that the deceased was a Junior Secondary School pupil at the Army Day Secondary School, Alamala, Abeokuta.
Janet was reportedly dragged into a house by the suspect while she was going back home from where she went to buy soap to wash her school uniform on Wednesday.
The suspect was said to have used his family house in the same community to commit the crime.
Orija allegedly dumped her body in another building beside his family house and fled the scene.
When our correspondent visited the community on Sunday, it was observed that the suspect’s family house had been destroyed.
Upon enquiry, it was learnt that community youths stormed the house and set it ablaze.
The deceased’s father Sanjo, demanded justice for his daughter.
