Man rapes, kills 10-yr-old cousin

OSOGBO — A 26-year-old man, Rafiu Idowu, is being
detained by the Osun State Police Command for
allegedly killing his 10-year-old cousin, Tawa Bilawu,
after he allegedly raped her.
Idowu who confessed to have committed the offence,
said the victim lured him into raping her when she
paid a visit to him at his family residence at Ile-Ogbo
in Ayedire Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state
Police Command, Mrs Folashade Odoro, said the
suspect, who is currently in Police custody, was
arrested by a team of detectives from the State
Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, led by the
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed
Jimoh.
According to the PPRO, the suspect who recently
returned to the state from Lagos also smokes indian
hemp.
The police claimed the suspect admitted that the
deceased was his relative who pays him regular visit
at his residence, adding that the late Bilawu was
known to every member of his family.
The suspect said: "Tawa Bilawu met me at the
passage of my house when she came to visit me on
that fateful day. I asked her where she was going and
she said somebody sent her somewhere but she
decided to check on me.
"Bilawu later dragged me into my room where she
removed my trousers and both of us went on bed.
Then, Bilawu put my penis into her private part and
started shouting. I then asked her the reason for the
alarm.
"The alarm raised by Bilawu was after two minutes of
sexual intercourse between us. When she started
shouting, I got hold of her neck and nose and pressed
them till she died."
He admitted that the late Bilawu never had
intercourse with him prior to the one that led to her
death.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Dorothy
Gimba, has however directed that the case be
investigated and the suspect arraigned. www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/man-rapes-kills-10-yr-old-cousin/