A secondary school teacher in Ogun State, Lateef Olaniran, has been arrested for allegedly raping a young lady (name withheld).
The State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Adijat Olaleye, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the statement, Olaniran was arrested on Saturday, when a member of her team received a call from a young lady who reported that she had been raped by a man.
“We thereafter went with the police to the accused home but after several knocks, he refused to open the gate. We were able to locate the brother to the house owner who assisted us in gaining access to the compound,”
“We heard a girl’s cry for help, and with the support of the police, we caught Mr. Olaniran Lateef Adewale a secondary school mathematics teacher at Ebenezer Grammar School Iberekodo, Abeokuta,” Olaleye stated.
She further added that the girl crying in the teacher’s room during his arrest also accused him of “forcibly having sexual intercourse with her and threatening to kill her if she does not ask her family to send him money.”
The Ministry had taken the victim to a laboratory for different tests before she was later led to the police station to make a report.
Olaniran is a Mathematics teacher at Ebenezer Grammar School, Iberekodo, Abeokuta, and a native of Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State.
He is also an employee of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission with the number, OGNO.30650.
Olaleye confirmed that the suspect has been remanded at the Ogun State Police Command Headquarters for more investigations.
