A must read! Many Nigerian Dads Are Turning Their Teenage Daughters Into Sex Slaves!

“Sometimes I only know he had done something to me when I wake up and feel pain in my private part. Other times, I just know when I see sperm coming out of my private part,” says a 14-year old girl who has been reportedly raped by her dad for three years.

The story is reported in Punch newspaper.

The victim simply identified as Bisi (not her real name) said, “One night when I was in Primary Five I realised that I could not breathe in the middle of the night and I woke up, I saw my dad lying on top of me.

“I first thought it was a dream. But when I realised I was actually awake, I pushed him away from me. He had removed my pants. I could not sleep again. I was afraid of falling asleep.

“Since that day, I have caught him on top of me many times than I can count. He never says anything. When I wake up I just push him away and he goes back to sleep. I usually tell him, that Daddy, this is an abomination. But still, he continues doing it.”

There are several stories these days, across Nigeria, of fathers raping their own daughters, something totally strange in the country’s socio-cultural development. But yet the issue seems not to attract enough attention from the government and the society.

It appears, Nigerian kids are no longer safe even in their parents’ home, schools or even churches and mosques.

Our next story, culled from Vanguard newspaper, clearly shows that minors are now seriously endangered in Nigeria.

A middle aged man was caught defiling her (a 13-year-old girl) at about 7am on the fateful day of October 12, 2014. It was an ugly incident that has since turned her life upside down and left residents in the neighbourhood reeling in shock.

She said it was not the first time the man raped her, adding that she had before this time allowed him to have his way because he gave her money to meet her urgent need, which is food. So their being caught in the act, booed and sniggered at by a curious crowd of residents, was a “shame too much” for her bear.

Narrating her ordeal, she said: “Papa Emeka always sent me to buy things for him and he would leave the change with me. One day, he asked me if I had started seeing my menses and I asked him what that means, but he said I should forget it. Another day, he called and told me to enter his room and clean it. As I entered, he came in, pushed me on the bed and held my mouth. I was scared but he was pleading with me not to shout that he wants me to start seeing my menses.

“As he was trying to rape me, I bit him and he left me alone. Because he locked the door, I could not go out, so he started begging me not to tell anyone and he gave me N500. I did not tell anyone because I was confused and I was scared of telling my stepmother because she would beat me.

“After many weeks, he asked me to buy a bottle of soft drink for him. When I went in to give him the drink, he poured it inside a cup for me. After drinking it, I started feeling tired and had to lie on the floor. I did not know what happened thereafter, but when I woke up, he said I should go before my stepmother would start looking for me. I was feeling pains and did not know anything but I could not tell anyone.”

Sadia added: “About five days later, he called me, put me on his leg and started touching my body. He asked me if I told anyone that I slept in his house, and I said no. Though I was scared, I could not tell anyone because immediately he finished, he gave me N500 and said I should go home and have my bath. Since I did not eat, I used the money and bought food at the roadside.”

However, luck ran out on the randy man on the third day (October 12, 2014) when he called the girl at about 6.30am not knowing that the stepmother was yet to leave the house and suspicious neighbours took note when the girl entered his apartment.

While the stepmother was looking for the girl, a neighbour knocked at the randy man’s door, opened it and caught him in the act. She drew the attention of others but before the culprit could be apprehended, he escaped through the back door and the poor girl had to face the shame of neighbours openly reprimanding her.

Comment from Think Akwa Ibom!: So, what can Nigeria and Nigerians do to tackle this problem? Please kindly share your thoughts and ideas here. Thank you.