The Police in Ondo State have arrested a father, Mr. Usman Momoh Yusuf, who was accused of serially having sexual intercourse with his 20-year-old daughter (names withheld).
Mr. Yusuf was apprehended after he initially absconded when his escapade was exposed in a viral video by his daughter.
Mr. Tee-Leo Ikoro, Police Spokesperson in Ondo state made the disclosure on Thursday, in a phone interview.
He said the case has already been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department.
Ikoro explained that “The man earlier absconded after being released on bail but he has been rearrested and he is facing investigation.
“The case has been transferred to the State CID in Akure and I can assure you that we would investigate it thoroughly”.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu – Akeredolu, wife of the State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has joined her voice to demand proper justice for the 20-year old girl.
Akeredolu, while expressing concern after watching the girl narrating how she was sexually molested by her father in a viral video, said perpetrators of such acts should not be tolerated in society.
The First Lady emphasized that securing justice for the young girl would also send a strong message to other perpetrators of such devious acts.
Recounting her ordeal, Fatima said her father had been abusing her since she was age 13 years old.
She also explained how her father took her virginity on the kitchen floor at the dead of the night.
“I remember my father coming to wake me up in the dead of the night and led me to the kitchen which was downstairs.
“He threatened me with a cutlass and kept slapping me and said if I do not cooperate, he was going to kill me. He had a knife also in his hands. He finally deflowered me at 13”.
Fatima, who said she was never pregnant for her father because he monitored her menstrual cycle, further observed that whenever she tries to bring up the topic, her mother will shut her up.
According to her, her sister also reported a similar incidence to their mother lately, and her elder sister had long left home and would never visit whenever she is in Owo.
“My mother never gave me the chance to speak to her. Once I tried to express it, she would shut me off. But I have asked her several times if truly the man I call my father is indeed my biological father. My younger sister even told my mother recently that daddy was touching her breast, but mother simply shunned us and asked us to leave.”
On why she finally spoke up after a long ordeal, Fatima said it was God, as she never had any intention to speak up even though she had threatened her father several times to do dso.
“He initially told me I would be free in 2018, then again in 2019 but when he came again in 2020; I told him if he doesn’t free me, I would free myself”.
Fatima’s aunt, Mrs. Diamond Mary, while reacting to the incident, said Fatima who was missing for some days suddenly showed up at her house and that it was in the course of interrogation that she confessed that she left home because her father was repeatedly raping her.
According to the Aunt, when Fatima’s father was confronted with the allegation, he confessed to the crime, was arrested and taken to the Police Station at Otapete Division, Owo.
Reacting to the development, Bar. Bola Joel, State FIDA chairperson, said FIDA in collaboration with the office of Her Excellency, has been on the case since yesterday when the news broke.
