Father Impregnates Daughter in Ogun

By Francisca Irekpita

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended a 43-year-old Abiodun Oladapo for allegedly impregnating his 19 years old daughter.

In a statement in Abeokuta, the Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said, the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Oluwatoyin Idowu who said her son Michael Idowu, had been wrongly accused as the one who impregnated the said 19-year-old girl.

The State police spokesman, said the police had, upon the report, invited the five-month pregnant girl, who confided in the police that though Michael Idowu slept with her in December, 2022, it was her father, Abiodun Oladapo, who is responsible for her pregnancy.

According to Mr Oyeyemi, the victim stated further that her father had been sleeping with her since February 2022 with threat to kill her if she informed anybody about it. 

The state PPRO equally explained that, when the pregnancy was discovered, the father of the victim had asked her to lie against Michael idowu of being responsible for the Pregnancy.

He added that upon her confession, the father, was subsequently arrested and the suspect confessed to the crime but blamed it on the devil. 

Mr Oyeyemi said preliminary investigation had revealed that the suspect who had long separated with the victim’s mother took custody of the girl when her mother remarried and they have been living together since then. 

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution. 

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