Islamic cleric caught on camera defiling five-year-old girl in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested an
Islamic cleric, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, for allegedly defiling a
five-year-old girl in Lagos.

The 43-year-old cleric, who was supposed to be teaching the
victim Islamic studies, was said to have been caught having carnal
knowledge of her through a video footage that was reportedly
presented to the state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi.

The Police Public Relations Officer for the state, CSP Chike
Oti, said in a statement on Wednesday that Imohimi, who was
saddened by the incident, dispatched undercover operatives, who
arrested the culprit and handed him over to the gender section for
detailed investigation.

Oti said, “On Friday, December 28, 2018, a good Nigerian visited
the headquarters of the Lagos State Police Command with a video
evidence of an Islamic cleric, aka Alfa, who was having anal sex
with a five-year-old girl that he was supposed to be teaching
Islamic studies. The complainant sought audience with the state
Commissioner of Police.

“The CP, after watching the heart-rending video, directed the
command’s undercover operatives attached to the State Intelligence
Bureau to immediately arrest the culprit and hand him over to the
gender section for a detailed investigation. The operatives went in
search of the cleric and arrested him near a mosque in the Igando
area of the state.

“He was taken from there to the gender unit, where the
officer-in-charge, ASP Abimbola Williams, confronted him with the
video footage of him defiling the child by penetrating her anus and
private parts. Upon seeing himself captured like an actor in a
movie, the suspect broke down in tears and owned up to the crime.
He later gave his name as Abdulsalam Salaudeen, a 43-year-old man
and resident at 16 Awoyemi Street, Igando Road, Ikotun, Lagos.”

Oti said the case would be charged to court as soon as the
investigation was concluded, adding that the CP, while commending
the courageous act of the informant, warned parents and guardians
to keep constant watch over their children and wards as nobody
could be trusted.