Father arrested for raping and impregnating daughter for 3 years

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State has arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly defiling and raping his 16-year-old daughter.

The command received a complaint lodged by a non-governmental organization (NGO) on May 5th, which led to the arrest of the suspect.

The commandant, Ahmad Gandi, who spoke after parading the suspect at the NSCDC Command Headquarters in Lokoja, revealed that the abusive act had been ongoing for three years, from 2020 to 2023, since the victim was 16 years old.

The father admitted to committing the act, and he will be charged to court after investigation.

Gandi commended the NGO for reporting the case to the command and urged other victims in the society who were suffering in silence to come forward and report such cases.

The victim, whose identity was withheld to avoid stigmatization, told newsmen that she had been sexually abused by her father since 2020 after her mother left home.

The commandant disclosed that the younger sister to the victim had advised her to either commit suicide or kill their father to free themselves from the abusive act.

The suspect’s identity and names of both the victim and the suspect have been kept confidential by the NSCDC to prevent the victim’s stigmatization.

“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.