A 41yr old man, Sikiru Odejide has been arrested by men of Ogun State police command for having unlawful carnal knowledge of his own 13yrs old biological daughter (name withheld).
His arrest followed a complaint from the mother of the victim who has been separated from the man years back.
She came to Sango Police Station and reported that her daughter came to her house at Ijeshatedo area of Lagos to inform her that the suspect has been having sexual intercourse with her since December 2016 with threat to kill her if she dare tell anybody about it.
She further complained to her mother that she could no longer bear the frequent sexual assault from her father hence she decided to inform her mother.
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On the strength of the report, the DPO Sango police station, Superintendent of Police Akinsola Ogunwale detailed detectives to effect the arrest of the randy father who lives in Onihale area of IFO local government area of the state.
The suspect, on interrogation owned up to the commission of the crime but attributed it to the devil handwork.
Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the suspect be transferred to Anti-Human trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspect.
The CP equally directed that the victim be taken to hospital for proper medical attention.
ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
PPRO, Ogun State Police Command.
