The Edo State Police Command says it has secured the arrest of a 43-year-old man alleged to specializes in defiling teenage boys in the state.
It was learnt that the suspect identified as Ovie Oktogbo, a security guard and father of three lured victims between the ages of 10 to 15years using N100 to N200.
In a statement, the spokesperson of the state police command, Kontongs Bello, said the suspect, an indigene of Delta, was arrested after one of his victims, a 13-year old fell ill.
Kontongs stated that preliminary investigation revealed that the alleged rapist takes unnatural carnal knowledge of his victims through their anus by applying a bleaching cream on both his private part and the victim’s anus.
The statement reads, “On the 10/02/2022 at about 18:00hrs, the Edo State Police Command arrested one Ovie Oktogbo ‘M’ (43) of No. 15 Ugboguhi Street Off Uwasota, Ugbowo, Benin City, an indigene of Delta State but resident in Benin City.
“The suspect, a father of three who also works as a guard in the area specializes in raping male children/ teenagers between the ages of 10 to 15 years.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the rapist specializes in using N100 to N200 to lure his unsuspected victims and have an unnatural carnal knowledge of them through their anus by applying Caro-White bleaching cream on both his manhood and the victims’ anus as the case may be for easy penetration.
“Luck ran out on him as one of his victims ‘M’ 13years (name withheld) fell ill with swollen feet, face and pus all over his body.
“Medical examination revealed that his liver and kidney are damaged as a result of a certain chemical contained in bleaching cream.
“He will be arraigned after investigation.”
