Police operatives have arrested a 46-year-old man, Olusegun Oluwole, for allegedly raping his 17-year-old biological daughter in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated this in a release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL.7/149. 11/09/2022.
The suspected rapist, who allegedly forcefully had carnal knowledge of his daughter (name withheld), was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Ibara Police Station by the victim.
The rapist-father was said to had forcefully had a carnal knowledge of her daughter while she was sleeping.
He reportedly had his way after he had threatened to kill her with a knife, if she should refused.
According to the release, the victim reported at the police station, in company of some men of the So Safe Corps, that her father had threatened to kill her if she refused to allow him to have sex with her.
She said “while she was sleeping in their one-room apartment at Amolaso Area of Abeokuta at about 11:30 pm, her father, having observed that others are fast asleep, suddenly grabbed her and forcefully had sex, with her with a threat to kill her if she refused to allow him.
“Upon the report, the DPO Ibara Division, CSP Bernard Egbondiya, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene, where the suspected rapist was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, the father of six, who confessed to the crime pleaded for forgiveness, claiming not knowing what came over him when he committed the crime,” SP Oyeyemi stated in the release.
The Ogun Police image-maker said the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the transfer of the suspected rapist to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.
He also disclosed that the victim of the forceful sexual act has been taken to the General Hospital for medical treatment.
