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By Femi Makinde
A 34 year old
bakery worker, Mohammed Ahmed, on Wednesday confessed that he raped his
daughter six times.
Ahmed, who was
paraded by officials of the Osun State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps, told journalists in Osogbo that he started having sex with his
14-year-old daughter (name withheld) since April.
The distraught
primary 5 girl, dressed in public school uniform was not allowed to speak to
journalists.
He said, “I
have two wives. The first had left and she gave birth to three children. The
second wife gave birth to two children before she died.
“This one is
the first child of my first wife. I don’t know what came over me
from April when I started having sex with my daughter. I did not see
anything wrong then, whenever I was having sex with her. I only have sex
with her six times since April 2015.”
“I am ashamed
of my action. It is wrong and I pray for forgiveness. I did not know what came
over me, but I am regretting the whole thing now. I don’t drink alcohol and I
don’t smoke.”
Asked why he
chose to turn his daughter to her sex partner, Ahmed said he did not know but said
his wife died two years ago.
The Head Public
Relations and Protocol Unit of the NSCDC, Mr. Wale Folarin, said the command
was alerted of the man’s act by one of his neighbours.
He said the
neighbours told the officials that he used to hear the cry of the daughter
almost every night and this prompted him to ask the girl, who confided in him
the disgraceful act of his father.
Folarin said, “The
incident was related to us by one of the neighbours of Ahmed who said he used
to hear the cry of the girl every night and this made him to inquire from
the girl.
“The little
girl confessed to her father’s neighbour and he narrated the story to us.”
He said the
command would transfer the case to the Ministry of Women Affairs in the state.
Culled from Punch
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