Via Punch:
The police in Lagos
have arrested a man, Ajiboye Oluwaseyi, for allegedly raping his two daughters
─ a six-year-old and a four-year-old ─ and his stepdaughter, 15, in the Lekki
area of the state.
Our correspondent
gathered that 37-year-old Oluwaseyi, who hails from Ondo State, was arrested on
Wednesday, August 19, after his wife reported the matter to the police.
It was learnt that
Oluwaseyi, who worked as a Lotto agent, had separated from his wife in December
2014.
He was said to have
taken the two girls from his wife, leaving her with a baby (the third child).
Our correspondent
gathered that Oluwaseyi, after sending the wife packing, allegedly convinced
his stepdaughter, Simbi (pseudonym) to stay with him.
It was learnt that
Simbi had allegedly been raped many times before she opened up to a neighbour,
who brought the matter to the attention of the mother.
Our correspondent
learnt that Olwaseyi’s wife went to a non-governmental organisation to report
the sexual abuse of her daughter.
The police were
subsequently informed and they arrested Oluwaseyi. They also took the three
girls for medical tests.
Our correspondent
gathered that the medical tests showed that Simbi had been raped on several
occasions, while Oluwaseyi’s two daughters had also been defiled.
Speaking with Punch, the suspect’s wife
said she left her husband to avoid premature death.
She added that
Oluwaseyi refused her access to her daughters until the NGO and the police got
involved.
She said, “We were
staying together in the Lekki Phase 1 area. My 15-year-old daughter, whom I had
for another man, and the two daughters I have for Oluwaseyi were living with us
until December.
“We had a quarrel and
Oluwaseyi threatened to kill me. He sent me out.
“Family members,
including his father, appealed to him to reconcile with me, but he refused. He
also refused to allow me to see my daughters.
“When I heard about the
rape, I confronted him on the matter. He boasted that nothing would happen to
him. He broke bottles, and said he would kill me. Later on when I sat my first
daughter down, she confessed to me that she was truly raped, and that it had
occurred on several occasions.
“That was why I took
the matter to the government, so that they would help me to check Oluwaseyi’s
excesses.”
Our correspondent
gathered that the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team,
provided medical attention, through the Mirabel Centre, to the three girls, and
ensured that the police got the suspect arrested.
A police source told Punch that the girls were examined at
the centre, where they were confirmed to have been defiled.
He said, “The woman initially
left with the teenager and the two girls she has for Oluwaseyi in December,
2014. The suspect, however, trailed her and forcefully took the girls,
threatening to take her life if she refused.
“The suspect was
arrested on Wednesday, August 19, in the family’s Lekki apartment, while his
daughters were also taken to the centre for tests. It was confirmed that they
had been defiled. The two of them are in Primary 3 and Primary 1 respectively.”
Our correspondent
learnt that the girls were in a good condition, and were currently living with
their mother.
The Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin, confirmed the incident. She added that
Oluwaseyi had been arrested.
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