The Kwara state police command, Kulende Division, has arrested 67 years old Ahmed Atanda for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl named Hauwa at Oke-Andi, along Sango area, Ilorin.

Our correspondent gathered that Atanda, a private driver in Ilorin was caught red handed while raping the victim by her mother, Adijatu Saliu, who had sent her to fetch water last week Thursday. Adijatu said when Hauwa did not return on time, she became suspicious.

Uncomfortable, Mrs. Saliu had to send her older daughter to look for her who eventually found out that the driver was having fun with her sister before she rushed home to alert her mother about the development.

While speaking with our correspondent, Mrs. Saliu, who was depressed by the development, said: "When I got there, I met that old man on top of my daughter, and I had to tap him to leave my daughter who is under him and shouted for help. I met him on top of my daughter on that day and we reported the case at the Kulende Police Station."

The victim, Hauwa, who acknowledged that the man raped her, said she was sent to fetch water by her mother before the incident happened.

In his reaction, Atanda who denied raping the victim said he was in the bush to cut some herbs to treat himself before the girl called him to assist her to lift a bucket of water on her head.

Atanda, a father of two and a divorcee, who hails from a village Tanpado, along Oke-Oyi, in Ilorin East local government area, said he was embarrassed that the mother of the victim accused him of raping her daughter when he cannot have any in his pelvic region.

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Kulende, Ameenu Abdulllahi, confirmed the incident but declined to make further comment of the matter, saying the case has been forwarded to the Criminal Investigation Department for proper investigation.