LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi Command, has arrested a 41-year old father for allegedly defiling and raping his 16-year old daughter.
Speaking after parading the suspect on Wednesday at NSCDC Command Headquarters, Lokoja, the state’s Commandant, Ahmad Gandi, said the command received a complaint lodged by a Non Governmental Organisation on 5 May.
According to him, the complaint was lodged on a case of defilement, rape and incest in which the suspect is a biological father of the victim.
The commandant disclosed that the abusive act was on for three years from 2020 to 2023, since when the victim was 16 years old.
Gandi said that the younger sister to the victim advised her that they should either commit suicide or kill their father to free themselves from the abusive act.
The father had however, admitted to committing the act, adding that the man would be charged to court after concluding the investigation.
Gandi commended the NGO for reporting the case to the command, while urging other victims in the society who were dying in silence to come out and report such cases.
The victim told journalists that she had been sexually abused by her father since 2020 after her mother left home.
“It happened in 2020 when my mum left home and since then my Dad had been sexually abusing me.
“In 2021, my father impregnated me and took me to a clinic where they aborted the pregnancy I had for him.
“I couldn’t leave the house because of my younger sister as I was afraid my father could do the same thing to my sister,” the victim said.
“After aborting the pregnancy he continued the sexual abuse until I couldn’t take it anymore, which I have to report to an NGO who reported the case to NSCDC,” the victim narrated.
On his part, the suspect admitted to committing the act, revealing that he dis-flowered his daughter, saying he was hypnotized after his wife left him in 2020.
