A secondary school teacher in Ogun State, Lateef Olaniran, has been arrested for allegedly raping a young lady, name withheld.
Olaniran, reportedly a native of Ipokia Local Government Area in Ogun State, is employed as a Mathematics teacher at Ebenezer Grammar School in Iberekodo, Abeokuta.
He holds a position within the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, with the employee number OGNO.30650.
The Ogun State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Adijat Olaleye, revealed this development in a statement on Wednesday.
According to Olaleye, Olaniran was taken into custody on a Saturday when a member of her team received a distress call from a young lady who claimed to have been a victim of rape by a man.
The Commissioner explained that the ministry promptly responded, locating the victim. Subsequently, the victim underwent various tests at a laboratory before proceeding to the police station to file a report.
“We thereafter went with the police to the accused home but after several knocks, he refused to open the gate. We were able to locate the brother to the house owner who assisted us in gaining access to the compound,” she explained.
Adeleye stated that when they got into the compound of the suspect, “we heard a girl’s cry for help, and with the support of the police, we caught Mr. Olaniran Lateef Adewale a secondary school mathematics teacher at Ebenezer Grammar School Iberekodo, Abeokuta.”
The Commissioner added that the girl crying in the teacher’s room during his arrest also accused him of “forcibly having sexual intercourse with her and threatening to kill her if she does not ask her family to send him money.”
Adeleye confirmed that the suspect has been remanded at the Ogun State Police Command Headquarters for more investigations.
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