The Police in Delta State have arrested a barber, Volte Bale for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old boy through his anus and mouth Arrested The Police in Delta State have arrested a barber, Volte Bale for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old boy through his anus and mouth at the Ogborikoko community in the Uvwie local government area of the State.

The command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe who confirmed the arrest, said the sodomy between the 26-year-old suspect and the victim spanned over two years. Edafe told The Guardian in Asaba that the suspect was arrested following the complaint made at Ogborikoko Police Division by the victim’s family.

He explained that “on January 7, 2025 at about 1930 hours, the DPO Ogborikoko Division received a complaint from a man (name withheld) of Ogborikoko community, that at about 0800hours of 4th January 2024, they received a complaint from their 12-year-old son (name withheld) that their neighbor one Volte Bale invited him to his barbing salon, logged into a pornographic website and said to him that both of them should do what they were watching.”

According to the Police image maker, after showing the pornographic website to the boy, the suspect then allegedly defiled the 12-year-old boy through his mouth and Anus.

He said the police had done a preliminary investigation that revealed that the suspect had been assaulting the victim for the past two years.

The command’s spokesperson also said that a 25-year-old Suspected child trafficker, Blessing Oghenefejiri, and others were arrested by the Police in connection with a missing six-week-old baby.

Although he did not disclose the names of those arrested along with her but hinted that on January 9, 2025, a complainant (name withheld) came to the station and reported that his girlfriend deceived him and his sister that their six-week-old child had died.

Following this information which the complainant suspected of foul play, he reported to the DPO Ogborikoko division who immediately ordered a detailed operative to investigate.

Bright Edafe explained further that during investigations, the suspect confessed that the child did not die but she gave the child out to a couple.

“Upon further investigation, it revealed that the suspect also deceived another couple and lied to them that she was gang raped by four men and that the child does not have a father, hence she gave the baby away,” the police said.

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