Police in Ogun State have arrested a 49-year-old man, Amoda Bola, for impregnating his 14-year-old daughter after having carnal knowledge of her for some years.
Bola was arrested alongside Ahmed Ogunkoya, 30, Muyiwa Adeoye, 48, David Sunday Solaja, 69, Emmanuel Olusanya, 50, and Joshua Olaniran, 50, who were accused of having intercourse with the victim and paying the father.
A statement by the Ogun State Police Command spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the victim reported the matter at Ode Remo divisional headquarters “that her father with whom she have been living with for some years now have been having carnal knowledge of her.
”She stated further that her father has also been inviting men to the house to have sex with her after which the men will pay him money.”
Oyeyemi said the Division Police Officer, CSP Olayemi Fasogbon, subsequently sent detectives to arrest Bola, who initially denied the allegations before confessing and implicating the other suspects.
The suspects reportedly confessed to the crime, adding that they paid some amount to the father for the dastardly act.
The statement added, “The victim, whose mother had separated from the father years back and have been living with with the father was practically turned to a prostitute by her father.
“She has been taken to state hospital Isara Remo where it was confirmed that she is pregnant.
“The victim has insisted that it was her father who is responsible for the pregnancy been the only person who slept with her within the period she got pregnant.”
The Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has therefore ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Anti-human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department for investigation and possible prosecution.