A Popular Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, alias Baba Ijesha, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly molesting a minor s*xually.
Baba Ijesha who is popular for featuring in Yoruba comic movies was caught on a closed circuit television CCTV camera defiling the child in her mother’s absence.
The victim’s mother, who had been suspecting that her daughter was being sexually abused, installed the CCTV camera to monitor uncover the perpetrator.
The mother who monitored the situation in her home on her phone, she saw Omiyinka allegedly engaging himself in a suspicious manner around her little daughter.
Omiyinka allegedly took the victim from the sitting room into the kitchen, where there was no CCTV camera installed. The mother, who rushed back home upon the discovery, allegedly caught Omiyinka S*xually molesting her daughter in the kitchen.
According to a statement released on Thursday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, Baba Ijesha, was arrested after a case of defilement was reported against him, He noted that preliminary investigation revealed that he had been sexually assaulting the 14-year-old victim since she was seven.
He stated that Omiyinka confessed to the crime, adding that the case had been transferred to the Gender Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba, for proper investigation.
Adejobi said, “The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a popular Nollywood actor, Olarenwaju James (Omiyinka), aka Baba Ijesha, 48, for defiling a minor
“The case of defilement was reported on April 19, 2021, by one Princess Adekola Adekanya at the Sabo Police Station and was transferred to the Gender Unit of the SCIID, Panti, Yaba, for proper investigation.
“Based on preliminary findings, the suspect started sexually assaulting the victim, 14, since she was seven-year-old. The suspect confessed to the crime and was also captured by a CCTV camera in the house of the victim’s mother.
“The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered proper investigation as he promised to do justice in the matter Adejobi concluded”.
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