- A man has been arrested by police operatives for allegedly defiling his four daughters in Lagos State.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Sunday Julius, over alleged defilement of four of his daughters aged seven, 10, 11, and 15, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered.
Julius, a father of six, lives with his family in a room apartment in the Alimosho area of Lagos State.
He was, however, arrested on Monday following a complaint lodged by his wife at the Moshalashi Police Station in the state.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Julius was arrested by the police about seven years ago after his eldest daughter opened up that he molested her.
He was later released through the intervention of neighbours and relations.
However, his wife, Semiat, has disclosed that Julius usually committed the act in the middle of the night and during the day when she had gone out to hawk, saying, “We got married in 2007 and have six children together.
“Our first daughter who is now 15 reported to me seven years ago that whenever we were asleep at night, he would sneak to where she slept, lie on her, and fondle her private parts,” the 36-year-old woman, who sells herbal mixture, said.
Semiat further disclosed that her sister who was living with them then suspected foul play one evening when she returned home and met Julius and daughter in a jittery mood.
Julius’ wife added, “I reported to the police then and he was arrested. People intervened and begged me to let go. They settled the issue and we started living together again. My second, third, and fourth children (all girls) also complained to me that when I went hawking, their father molested them.
“He usually did it in the middle of the night when I was fast asleep. They said he always threatened to harm them if they revealed the secret. I caught him recently at night. We both slept on the same bed. He stood up, turned off the light, and sneaked to the spot where our 10-year-old daughter was.
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“The following morning, I told him that I saw him fondling the girl but he denied it. For four days, I didn’t give him food and he started beating me,” the woman narrated.
Also speaking, the 15-year-old eldest daughter, who is in Senior Secondary School 1, disclosed that her father first defiled her one evening when she came back from Arabic class, saying, “I wanted to remove my clothes when daddy entered. He made me lie on the bed and ‘slept with’ (molested) me. He released sperm into my private parts.
“My aunt came in and he quickly let go of me. She later asked what happened and I explained to her that my daddy had been ‘sleeping with’ me for some time. My aunt told my mum. She (mum) blamed me for not informing her on time. I was afraid to tell anyone because daddy threatened to kill me. I didn’t know he was ‘sleeping with’ my siblings too.”
According to PUNCH, the two other siblings aged seven and 11 further disclosed that their dad sexually harassed them twice in the night separately and warned them not to tell anyone.
However, the 10-year-old girl among them said her father had molested her “many times at night.”
The daughters, when asked why they didn’t scream for help, said their father usually shushed them up or covered their mouths.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed Julius’ arrest, said the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had directed the gender unit of the police command to take over the case.
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