Police arrests Nigerian varsity lecturer for raping 17-year-old student

The police in Ogun, have arrested 41-year-old lecturer for allegedly raping a minor.

According to the police the lecturer identified as Dr. Stephen Ukenna of the Department of Business management at the Covenant University Ota, Ogun State, was arrested “for forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 17-year-old student of the school (name withheld).

The arrest followed a complaint by the parents of the victim that their daughter talked to them on phone from the school, narrating to them that she was invited by the lecturer to his office on the said date under the pretence that he wanted to plan a surprise birthday party for her close friend.

However, “on getting to his office, the lecturer locked the office door and forcefully had sex with her on the table in his office,” the Ogun police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has said on Tuesday.

“Upon the report, the Ota Area Commander, ACP Muyideen Obe, swiftly deployed his JWC team to the school where the randy lecturer was promptly arrested.

“On interrogation, the suspect admitted having carnal knowledge of the victim, but was unable to give any reason for his action.

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has directed that the suspect be transferred from Ota Area Command where the complaint was lodge to the State CIID for further investigation.