Ogun varsity security guard arrested for child molestation

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Damilola Otegba, a security guard at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, age 44 for engaging in unlawful sexual activities with a six-year –year old girl.

He was said to have left his duty post and engaged in unlawful activity with the child inside the university building.

CSP Omolola Odutola, the Ogun State police spokesperson, in a statement on X on Thursday, said that Damilola would have succeeded if not for the intervention of a female student of the institution.

She said, “On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at about 10:10pm, Sherifat Bakare, a food vendor residing on Araromi Ajebo Road, via Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, reported to the police station that while she was away at the market, she received a call from her younger brother, one Seyi Bakare, whom she had left in charge of her shop on the FUNAAB campus along with her daughter.

“Seyi informed her that while searching for the six-year-old, the girl ran into the shop, visibly frightened. When he asked her what had happened, she revealed that one Damilola Otegba, a 44-year-old private security guard assigned to a building on the campus, had taken her upstairs to his workplace.

“He allegedly undressed by exposing himself, forced his manhood into her to perform inappropriate acts, and then took her to a corner and laid behind her.

“The victim emphasised that as she resisted his advances, an unknown FUNAAB female student, who was unaware of what was going on, entered the area.

“On seeing the untoward situation, she questioned the man about his actions with the girl. This led to the chief security officer of FUNAAB being informed.”

Odutola disclosed that the girl was promptly taken to the school clinic for medical evaluation, and the FUNAAB Harmony Divisional
Police Officer is awaiting the doctor’s report on the examination.

She further revealed that the suspect remains in police custody and will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, for a more detailed investigation.”