The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 49-year-old man, Ubong Williams Akpan, for unlawfully having carnal knowledge of his 12-year-old daughter (name withheld).
According to the command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested on the 2nd of April 2021 following a report lodged at Itele Ota Divisional headquarters by the victim.
Oyeyemi said the victim reported that her father has been abusing her sexually since when she was seven years old.
The victim stated further that this has been going on for the past five years, and when she could no longer bear it, she decided to complain to the police.
“Upon the report, the DPO Itele Ota Division, CSP Monday Unoegbe detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested.
“On interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime, claiming that his wife is appearing too old, and she is no longer looking attractive to him,” Oyeyemi said.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the family support unit of Ota Area Command for further investigation and prosecution.
The commissioner also directed that the victim be taken to the General Hospital for proper medical treatment.
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