The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspects over alleged criminal activities, including the defilement of a child and vandalism of electrical cables.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this in a statement, saying a 17-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl in Saki, Oke Ogun area of the state.
Ayanlade said the victim was immediately taken to a medical facility in Saki, where she is receiving clinical treatment and psychotherapeutic care.
In a separate incident, the police arrested a 21-year-old man for allegedly vandalising and stealing house-wiring cables worth about N2.692 million in Ogbomoso.
The suspect was arrested around 5:30 a.m. on September 21, 2026, by operatives of the Monitoring Unit attached to the Ogbomoso Base during an anti-crime patrol along Bosunla Street.
According to the police, the suspect was found carrying a sack containing house-wiring cables suspected to have been removed from a building under construction in the Ogbomoso township.
Following the arrest, the operatives visited the alleged crime scene and contacted the owner of the property, Salaudeen Rasaq.
The police said Rasaq assessed the damage and estimated the value of the stolen and vandalised cables at N2.692 million.
The command said investigations into both cases are ongoing.