A 25-year-old man caught having sex with his two-year-old cousin. (Pictured)

A 25-year-old man was on Monday arrested at Somolu, Lagos State after he was allegedly caught having sex with his two-year-old cousin. The suspect, lived with the victim’s grandmother .

It was learnt that the incident occurred at about 3pm when the toddler was left in the house with the suspect by her grandmother. The mother of the girl was said to be in Calabar.
On her grandmother's return , the little girl was crying while greeting her grandmother pointed to her vagina.

A neighbour, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said it was the girl’s cries that made her grandmother suspicious.

The grandmother raised the alarm and all the neighbours pounced on the suspect, although she was upset with David, GrandMa and other relatives, who were present, did not want to get him arrested.

They only wanted him to leave the house and relocate elsewhere, but neighbours insisted on involving the police.

At the time the suspect was taken to the Police station, there was still semen on the child.

Yet, the relatives were still insisting that they did not want police to be involved in the issue.