The Osun State Police Command has arrested a Beninois farmer for sexually assaulting a 70-year-old widow, simply identified as Mrs Adunni, in Iwoye-Ijesa town in Oriade local government area of the state.
The victim, while narrating her ordeal, said the incident happened on Tuesday when she was returning from her farm.
Adunni, who said on her way home, she observed that the suspect, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, was running behind her, adding that she also ran but fell along the way.
The woman said that the farmer used that opportunity to attempt to rape her, which she resisted.
“I had no money on me, and I decided to go to the farm to harvest plantain. While on my way, a young man from Cotonou, Benin Republic working as a labourer on a farm for someone in our community waylaid me and assaulted me.
“I observed someone was running behind me but I never thought he was running to catch up with me. I also ran a bit, but I fell along the way.
“It was when I fell that he tried to force himself on me. I resisted him. We struggled for some minutes. He bit me on several parts of my body.
“I am presently at a hospital receiving treatment.
“I want justice. I am a 70-year-old widow. He attempted to rape me. Police have arrested him,” she said.
Confirming the incident, Osun Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, said the suspect has been arrested by the police.
