The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old man, one
Augustine Obodeke; for having carnal knowledge of his 17-year old
daughter (Favour) and impregnating her three times. The bubble finally
burst for Obodeke when his daughter became pregnant the third time and
was unwilling to go for abortion. According to police report, the girl
had cried out to neighbours who then reported the matter to the Ugbowo
Police Station in Benin City.
Following the report, the police arrested Obodeke and he is currently cooling his feet in a police cell.
Narrating her ordeal to Sunday Sun, Favour said her father started
having sexual intercourse with her after the death of her mother. “He
first impregnated me and we
went for abortion. My father impregnated me the second time and I went
for another abortion. He had arranged a doctor at Uselu who has been
doing the abortion.
“My father impregnated me the third time and told me that we should go
for another abortion but I ran out of the house. He then threatened to
deal with me if I told anybody what has been happening between us.
“I have to cry out early in the morning which prompted our neighbours to
intervene. Since my mother was late, anytime my father requested for
sex, I felt I had no choice than to allow him have sex with me,” Favour
explained.
In his own account, Obodeke accepted that he had been sleeping with his
daughter and had impregnated her thrice. He, however, attributed it to
the death of his wife and his inability to remarry. “It is true that I
have been having sex with my own daughter. When she became pregnant the
first time, I took her to one of my doctors at Uselu Quarters who
terminated the pregnancy. I impregnated her the second time and I took
her to the same doctor who terminated the pregnancy again. It was when I
impregnated her the third time that she refused to follow me to the
doctor for the abortion.
“I decided to be have sex with my daughter because my wife is late and I
have not remarried. I decided to enjoy my own daughter by having sex
with her. I want my daughter to forgive me because I have sinned against
her. Nobody told me that what I was doing to my daughter was an
abomination. I thought I was enjoying the sex with my daughter,” he said
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo told Sunday
Sun that the man was arrested on November 22, 2013. He also explained
that the doctor who terminated the first pregnancies was still at large.
He however assured that the suspect would soon be charged to court to
face the consequence of his action.
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