A Nigerian man with three wives identified as Idowu Owolabi, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police command for raping his daughter.
The
45-year-old man with three wives, who was accused of allegedly raping
his 21-year-old daughter since last year, was arrested on January 28,
2019, following a complaint by the victim at the Oja-Odan Divisional
Police Headquarters.
The Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest said in a statement;
“The
victim reported that she followed her father to the farm at Fagboun
village and the said father forcefully had carnal knowledge of her right
there on the farm sometime in March 2018. She stated further that since
then, her father had continuously been having unlawful carnal knowledge
of her with a threat that he would kill her if she dared tell anybody
about it.
“Upon the report, the DPO Oja-Odan, CSP Olayemi Jacob,
led his detectives to the suspect’s residence, where he was promptly
arrested.On interrogation, the suspect, who was said to be married to
three different women, confessed to the crime but blamed it on the
devil.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has
ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and
possible prosecution of the suspect.
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