The septuagenarian, who was paraded at the Ekiti State Police Headquarters by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Mohammed Jimoh, identified himself as "a retired army general."
Although some of the residents of Ayetoro-Ekiti, where the man defiled the minor, said the suspect was a retired soldier "he was nowhere near the rank of a general."
The suspect, who denied having penetrative sex with the girl, admitted that he kissed the victim.
He sounded incoherent at a point when he was interviewed by our correspondent, but it could not be ascertained if he was insane or he was just feigning insanity.
The relatives of the victim told our correspondent that the retired soldier raped the girl, who they claimed was treated and discharged from the Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti.
They claimed that the girl had laceration and her private part became swollen after the incident. She was then admitted at the FMC, where she was treated.
They said that the old soldier sent the girl to go and buy sachet water for him but on arrival, he dragged her into a hidden place, where he defiled her.
The PPRO said investigation into the crime would continue, adding that the case would be painstakingly probed and the suspect would be prosecuted if found culpable.
In a related development, three suspects were paraded by the police for allegedly raping a lady, whose identity was not stated.
The victim, who is from Omuo-Ekiti in Ekiti East Local Government Area, was said to have been raped on August 20, 2011 on her way to the farm.
Source: Punch
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