POLICE ARRESTS MAN KISSING TODDLER IN VIRAL VIDEO
The Nigeria Police have arrested the man kissing a toddler in a viral video.
The culprit, identified as Adeyeye Oluwatosin Babatunde, was seen kissing his three-year-old stepsister in a video on social media.
DSP Bala Elkana, the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer confirmed this in a statement on Friday.
According to him, the incident happened at their residence in Shagamu, Ogun State on June 2, 2020.
He said immediately the attention of the police was called to the video, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu instructed detectives from the Gender Unit to analyse the video and apprehend the suspect.
“The team got the suspect on 5/6/2020 at about 1100 hours. He is handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba for diligent prosecution in court,” the statement read.
The suspect shared another video saying he kissed the three-year-old with no “ no bad intentions.” According to Babatunde, the incident happened with their father and neighbours present.
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“I was sitting outside with my sister, we were playing outside in public. While my daddy was sitting beside me, my neighbours and we were playing.
“I did a video with the girl, me kissing her with no bad intentions. After I did the video, I uploaded on my WhatsApp status and a lady messaged me that I’m a rapist.”
Babatunde apologised to Nigerians once again explaining that he didn’t know his actions would be seen as bad.
“I was like, this is not the first time of me posting this baby girl and you know her very well.
She blocked me immediately, she recorded it and posted it on her WhatsApp status and social media,” the suspect narrated.
“I am really sorry, I didn’t know it will be this bad, because of the relationship between me and my sister,” he said.
There has been an alarming increase in sexual violence against women and girls in the country prompting the police to create a ‘public-friendly’ gender unit across the country to prosecute anyone culpable of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.
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