The? Nigeria Security? and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ilorin? on Monday? arrested a 17-year-old boy for alleged kidnap and attempted rape.
The spokesman of the NSCDC command, Alhaji Kadri Ibrahim, told newsmen? in Ilorin? that the suspect was arrested at about 9:30 am at Oke Apomu, Ilorin West Local Government by some officers of the corps.
The suspect, he said, claimed he abducted? the girl to have carnal knowledge of her and not? sell her for ritual.
Ibrahim, who? said? the suspect would be handed over to the police for prosecution, enjoined? residents? to take good care of their children and wards.
He, however,? appealed to residents? to avoid taking the laws? into their hands and continue to cooperate with security agents.
The suspect, who was paraded, told the News Agency of? Nigeria (NAN)? that he was an apprentice barber at Oke-Apomu area of Ilorin.
He said he was returning from a religious? programme when he saw three girls playing? on? the street.
The suspect said he abducted one of the girls? with a view to having? carnal knowledge of her before he was caught and beaten by some residents.
He said? the timely intervention of? the security men saved him from being beaten to death.
The mother of the abducted girl, Mrs Fatima Ibrahim, also? told NAN that she was? taking her bath when some? children? ran in to report the abduction.
She said neighbours joined? her in the search for her daughter, leading to the arrest of the suspect.
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