Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old boy, Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu, for allegedly defiling a two-year-old minor.

On June 7, the suspect reportedly lured the minor into his room and defiled her.

The spokesperson of the state police, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident and said the suspect committed the offence in the Egba community of Uhunwonde Local Government Area of the state.

Mr Nwabuzor said the police received a report that Mr Ogenowchukwu had defiled the two-year-old baby.

He said an investigation on the matter was ongoing under the gender unit of the criminal investigation department.

The police spokesman assured the public that the suspect would be charged to court after the investigation.

However, in an interview, Mr Ogenowchukwu said he didn’t know what came over him.

“The two-year-old always comes to meet my sister, she came on this day, and I took her to go back home when my sister was not around, but she refused to go.

“So, I carried her, put her on the bed, and pulled her knicker halfway down. But I did not sleep with her.

“I did not penetrate her; I only put my penis between her lap.

“I didn’t know what came over me because I have not done this before,” he said. 

(NAN)