Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Harvest of rape suspects: My father raped me and my two friends, 15-year-old tells police

Taiwo Jimoh
A 15-year-old girl has accused her father (68), of sexually violating her and two of her friends at the Imota area of Lagos State.

This was also as police detectives arrested Pastor Pope Paul for allegedly impregnating a 15 year-old girl at Egan Igando area of the state.
According to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, speaking on the case of the girl that accused her father of raping her and her two friends, explained that the girl went to Imota Police Station on June 27, to lodge a complaint of rape against her father.
The girl allegedly insisted that her father had been having sexual intercourse with her in the past three years. She further alleged that when her two friends, ages 15 and 16, came to stay in their house, her father also had sexual intercourse with them.
She added that the last incident occurred on June 23. The father, when arrested, admitted to the crime.
In another development, Elkana said that Pastor Pope Paul, has been arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl at Egan Igando area of the state.
Elkana said: ‘On July 2, at about 3p.m. the mother of the victim reported the case at Igando Police Station against the pastor. The victim’s mother alleged that sometime in August, 2017, her daughter was brought to Lagos to live with the pastor and his wife. The girl was discovered to be pregnant in June 2018. When she was interrogated, she mentioned the name of the pastor as being responsible for her pregnancy.
“The victim, in her statement, said that the pastor had been having sex with her since January, 2018. It was in the process she got pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl in April. The suspect has been arrested and charged to court.”
Elkana disclosed that in another case, Akin Olatilu, was arrested for allegedly raping his 19-year-old step daughter. Elkana said that on June 14, at about 1p.m, the victim, who is a 19-year-old lady, accused her step father of sexually abusing her since when she was 14 years.
Elkana said: “She said that when she couldn’t bear it anymore, she reported the matter to her mother, but her mother did not take any action. She said that her step father had been having sex with till she turned 18, in March. When she turned down his demand in June, the man lied against her, forcing her mother to beat her. It was it was because my mother beat me, that I was able to speak up about the assault from step farther.”
Also, Aliyu Mohammed was also caught at an uncompleted building, raping an under-aged girl at Iba area on July 2, at about 12noon at Peace Estate. The matter was reported at Iba Police Station. The suspect has been arrested and charged to court.

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