The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old barbing salon operator for allegedly def!ling a 12-year-old boy in the Ugborikoko community in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
The suspect identified as Volte Bale, was apprehended on January 7, 2025, following a complaint by a man from the community at Ugborikoko Divisional Police headquarters.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Edafe Bright, who paraded the suspect on Thursday, stated that the complainant claimed he received a report from their 12-year-old son that the suspect, a neighbour, invited the victim to his barbing salon where he committed the crime.
“On January 7, 2025, at about 1930 hours, the DPO Ugborikoko Division received a complaint from a man (name withheld) of Ugborikoko community, that at about 0800hours of January 4, 2024, they received a complaint from their 12-year-old son (name withheld) that their neighbour one Volte Bale, 26, invited him to his barbing salon,” the PPRO stated.
On arriving at the salon, Edafe said the suspect logged into a pornographic website and told the child that they should do what they were watching.
“The suspect then allegedly def!led the 12-year-old boy through his mouth and anus, and preliminary investigation also revealed that he has been defiling the victim for the past two years,” he said.
According to Edafe, the Ugborikoko Divisional Police Officer, Agbede Zuokumour Setemi, a no-nonsense female police officer and lawyer, detailed her officers to apprehend the suspect and commenced investigations.
Edafe further disclosed that the minor tested positive for the ‘worst’ of s3xually transmitted diseases.