A father and his son have been arrested by the police in Lagos for serially raping a relation’s daughter and putting her in the family way.
Kabiru Oke, and his son, Faruq, were nabbed for allegedly raping and impregnating Kabiru’s wife’s niece in the Egbeda area of Lagos.
A statement released, on Sunday, by Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Bala Elkana, disclosed that the suspects took advantage of the victim who was living with them, serially raping her. Then, they threatened to kill her if she mentioned their sordid deeds to anyone.
But Elkana said the suspects were exposed were exposed when the victim’s mother noticed some obvious changes in the girl’s physiology. Subsequently, she was confirmed pregnant and he mother promptly alerted the police.
Both father and son have been charged to court, the PPRO further revealed.
Elkana said, “On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the command’s Gender Unit received a complaint of molestation of a minor reported by the mother of the minor against the husband of her elder sister, Kabiru Oke, 44, and his son, Faruq Oke, 19, at No 1 Olatikupo Street, Egbeda.
“The victim has lived with the perpetrators for a couple of years. The unholy affair between the minor and the first suspect started on Saturday, October 20, 2018, with the suspect having constant sexual intercourse with the victim. The second suspect, being the son of the first suspect, started having unlawful carnal knowledge of the same minor on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The suspects had constantly threatened to kill the victim if she ever told anyone about the affairs.
“The victim exposed them when her mother noticed some changes in her and discovered that she was pregnant. The victim was taken to the Mirabel Centre by our Gender Unit for medical examination. The two suspects were arrested and charged to Magistrates’ Court 2, Ogba, for molestation. The case was adjourned till Monday, May 13, 2019, while the suspects were remanded in the Kirikiri Prison.”
In a related development, the police in Lagos have also confirmed the arrest of a 45-year-old man, Alfred Marainerume, for allegedly sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl around Oke Itunu Church Close in the Ejigbo area of the state.
The police spokesperson said the suspect repeatedly defiled the girl in his shop by luring her.
But the bell was let out of the bag when the victim’s grandmother subjected her to vigorous scrutiny after perceiving some unusual odour on the victim’s body. Pressed, the girl confessed that the suspect had been sleeping with her right in his shop.
To prevent the girl from getting pregnant, the PPRO further revealed, Alfred usually gave the victim some drugs after sex.
DSP Elkana disclosed that the suspect, in his statement to the police, admitted to turning the girl to a sex object after his divorce in May 2018.
“The matter was reported to our Gender Unit by the mother of the victim,” Elkana said “ The complainant stated that they live on the same street with the suspect and that the suspect usually called the victim into his shop while on her way back from school along Iyana Ejigbo Road, Lagos, were he sells Nigerian home videos, and have unlawful sexual intercourse with her in the shop.
“The crime began in May 2018 up to Wednesday, March 27, 2019. The suspect, in his statement to the police, said that he turned the victim into his sex partner after he divorced his wife in May 2018. The matter was discovered on Saturday, March 27, 2019, around 2pm, by the victim’s grandmother, who perceived some odour on the body of the victim, when she returned home, and subjected her to questioning.
“The victim opened up to her grandmother and narrated the whole story. She further stated that the suspect threatened that she would die if she ever disclosed it to her parents and that he usually gave her some drugs to take and equally mixed salt and water for her to take after sex to prevent her from getting pregnant. Investigation is ongoing and the suspect will be charged to court for molestation.”
