Police arrest man seen in viral video kissing a minor

The middle age man earlier declared wanted by the police for allegedly kissing a minor in a video which went viral on social media has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.

Penpushing reports that, the command Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, made this known adding that,   the suspect was arrested through the concerted efforts of well-meaning Nigerians and detectives from its gender unit.

The police spokesman disclosed that, Adeyeye Babatunde, who is the suspect is a final year student of Botany Department, Lagos State University, as at the time of filing this report was in police custody and already handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, for prosecution.

“Attention of Lagos State Police Command was drawn to a viral video showing one Adeyeye Oluwatosin Babatunde ‘m’ of Kajola Street, Shagamu, Ogun State, a Botany student of Lagos State University, kissing his three years old step sister (name withheld). The incident happened on 02/6/2020 in their residence at Shagamu’.

“The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu psc tasked detectives from the Gender Unit to analyse the video and apprehend the suspect. The team got the suspect on 5/6/2020 at about 1100 hours. He is handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba for diligent prosecution in Court,”  Elkana said in the statement.

Penpushing further reports that, the suspect during interrogation confessed that the incipient happened around 8 p.m. at their residence, while their father and neighbours were present.

“I was sitting outside with my sister; we were playing outside in public. While my Daddy was sitting beside me, my neighbours and we were playing.I did a video with the girl, me kissing her with no bad intentions. After I did the video, I uploaded on my WhatsApp status and a lady messaged me that I’m a rapist’, he said.

“I was like, this is not the first time of me posting this baby girl and you know her very well. She blocked me immediately, she recorded it and posted it on her WhatsApp status and social media,” the suspect narrated.

Penpushing also reports that, the undergraduate further explained that, he didn’t meant any harm, apologizing to Nigerians, “I am really sorry, I didn’t know it will be this bad, because of the relationship between me and my sister,” .

Meanwhile, police authorities urged citizens to continue to speak out against sexual and gender-based violence and help the police put an end to rape, child abuse and crime against women and children.