– The Lagos state police command links the increase in the reports of sexual, domestic and violent crimes to the activities of so called men of God
– The command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, says it is working closely with the office of the attorney -general and the DSVRT to address the issue
The Lagos state police command has accused religious leaders of promoting sexual offences.
According to the Sun, the Lagos state police commissioner, Mr. Fatai Owoseni who made the accusation yesterday, September 1, linked the alarming increase in the reports of sexual, domestic and violent crimes to the activities of so called men of God.
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He said reports and investigations showed that “the so-called men of God” were hiding under religion to commit such heinous crimes.
Speaking through the command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, the commissioner said the police was working closely with the office of the attorney- general and the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) to address the issue.
Badmos spoke during a press conference organised by the DSVRT at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, Ikeja.
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The press conference was organised to mark the second anniversary of DSVRT as well as flag off a one month-long awareness campaign against all forms of domestic and sexual violence crimes.
In a related development, a 55-year-old security guard, Yekini Ogunjobi, was arrested by the Lagos state police command for alleged unlawful detention of a teenage girl in his apartment for four days.
The police said Ogunjobi raped the 14-year-old victim, Blessing (pseudonym) during her incarceration before she was rescued from the apartment at Esuola, Oko-Oba, in Agege area of the state.
Punch reports that Blessing, an apprentice tailor in the neighborhood, was sent on an errand in the area, when the suspect summoned her.
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