The suspect, who is a night guard and farmer, is said to be fond of molesting children. He was said to have been jailed recently for a similar offence.
Report had it that the suspect lives alone in a dilapidated house on Mission Road, Ayetoro Street, Oba-Ile, Akure where he allegedly committed the act.
It was gathered that the suspect, who is from Benue State, is being detained by the officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The victim, who attends St. PaulAnnexPrimary School, Oba-Ile was lured by the suspect into his room with biscuits.
Sources said the unsuspecting girl was returning from school, Tuesday, and said to be famished.
She was said to have crossed the road to drink water from a well along her route but when she discovered that the water was dirty she continued her journey home when the suspect beckoned on her.
The girl reportedly went to the suspect who was sitting in front of his house and was lured into the room where she was defiled.
IT was learnt that the Alhaji, who connived with another suspect now at large, asked the girl what she wanted and promised to give her not only cold water but biscuits.
While the girl was still trying to think of what the Alhaji had promised her, the accomplice reportedly pushed her inside the house while the Alhaji carried her covering her mouth with a piece of cloth when she started shouting.
It was gathered that after defiling the girl, the Alhaji cleaned her up as she was bleeding.