One Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu has been apprehended for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl in the Egba community, in the Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, the police in Edo state have said.
Speaking during a parade of the suspect, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the suspect was arrested after the case was reported to the police.
He disclosed that the gender unit of the command was investigating the matter.
He said as soon as the investigation had been completed, the suspect would be charged in court.
However, Ogenowchukwu admitted to committing the offense.
Speaking with journalists, he said he didn’t know what came over him.
He said, “The two-year-old girl always comes to meet my sister. She came on this day and I told her to go back home because my sister was not around but she refused to go.
“So, I carried her, put her on the bed and pulled her knickers halfway down. But I only put my penis in between her lap. I didn’t know what came over me, because I haven’t done it before.”