A 39 year old carpenter,Emmanuel Ojelade has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 9 year old primary school pupil in Abeokuta,Ogun State Capital.

The suspect who is a tenant in the house where the parents of the girl resides as tenants as well at Ijeun-Titun area of Abeokuta confessed to the crime during interrogation,attributing his action to devil's work.

Our correspondent gather that,the suspect had deceived the innocent girl into his room under the pretext to help him buy food items outside,in view of the fact that his wife and children were not at home.

As soon as the innocent girl entered the bedroom,the sex-maniac carpenter shut the door behind his target and pounced on her.

The scream of the girl from the room attracted the neighbours who ran to the doorstep,before forcing the door open to rescue her,and later taken to the hospital following discovery of blood stain at her private part region.

The father of the raped victim, Mr Kehinde Adebayo,thereafter reported the case to the Kemta Police Police Station in the town, which led to the suspect arrest.

The suspect who is a father of two children in his statement during interrogation admitted to the crime, but said he could not 'penetrate' into girl vagina,but erroneously littered her thigh with sperm.

On what cause blood stain on the girl,the suspect confessed that he fingered the private part of the victim,and appealed to the authority to temper justice with mercy. He recalled that, the girl was busy with house work when he lured her into his room.

Similarly,when our correspondent spoke with the victim(nameswitheld) she recalled that,the alleged rapist deceived her to buy food items,only to pounce on her shortly after entering the room.

'I was washing clothes downstair,when he called me to come and help him buy food outside the neighbourhood. But just as I entered the room, he closed the door and forced me to have sex. I shouted which attracted our neighbours who came to my rescue' the victim said in Yoruba language.

When contacted,Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer,Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the incident,affirming that, the suspect is in custody.

He added that, the victim had been taken to hospital for medical examination, as further investigation continues on the case.