A 12-year- old girl (names withheld) has accused her 45-
year- old father of repeatedly raping her.
The victim was said to have complained to one of the
teachers at Saint Peter’s Primary School in Ondo West Local Government Area.
It was the teacher who subsequently reported a case of child
abuse at the Enu-Owa Police Division in Ondo town.
The victim reportedly informed police detectives that her
father started defiling her last year.
It was learnt that the grandmother of the victim earlier
took her from her father’s house when she suspected her son was sleeping with
her.
A source quoted the victim as saying: “My mother died when I
was six years and since then I have been staying with my father. Some time ago,
my grandmother came to pick me up from where my father and I were staying, to
her house so that she can take care of me, but my father refused.
The teacher who pleaded anonymity said, “When I noticed that
she had not been active as she used to be in class, even among her friends
since the beginning of the term, I taught she was missing her mother or she was
scolded by her father.
“But she continued to be lonely and left out. This made me
invite her for interrogation and she told me what happened to her. She said her
father used to sleep with her every night for a long time and has been
threatening that she should not tell anyone if she does not want to die.”
But her father denied the accusation shortly after he was
arrested.
He said both of them stayed in one room and always slept on
the same bed.