The
police in Lagos have arrested a 50-year-old man, Taiwo Oyelabi, for allegedly
having sex with his now 21-year-old biological daughter.
Oyelabi,
who resides at No. 15, Community Road, Obadore, Iyana Oba, Lagos State, was
also accused of impregnating her.
In
his confessional statement to the police, the suspect, who is being detained at
the Gender Section of the Lagos State police command, admitted having an affair
with the young girl, saying that he had carnal knowledge of her only five times.
He
stated, "I only slept with my daughter five times and it took place in my
house. She came to me the first time kissing me while I was lying down on my
bed, urging me to make love to her. At first I was surprised but I gradually
yielded to her demand.
"It
all started a few years ago after my wife, who is the girl's mother, moved out
of my house over a minor domestic quarrel. She left with our twin children
while they were still young. When she was leaving, she kept the children in the
custody of my younger sister.
"Taiwo,
however, came back to stay with me in 2017. That was how this whole drama
started. As I said, it was the girl who came to me for sex the first time, but
I demanded for it subsequently.
"I
thought of committing suicide when I eventually realized the incest I was
committing. I tried to take my life twice. There was a time I tried to drink
insecticide but I was prevented from doing so by some petty traders in my area.
I also tried to jump into a well the second time but was rescued by neighbours
who saw me. I know it is the handiwork of the devil and pray that God and
members of my family have mercy on me."
The
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who paraded the suspect
before newsmen at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, monday, said that
preliminary investigation carried out at the Igando police station revealed
that the suspect had had sexual intercourse with his daughter on several
occasions.
The
suspect divorced his wife when the daughter and her twin were still in their
infancy.
Sometime
in November 2017,the suspect collected the now-grown daughter who is also Taiwo
from his sister and brought her home to live with him in his house at the
afore-mentioned address.
Since
then, Taiwo, the suspect, had been having inappropriate sexual liaison with
Taiwo, his daughter. The result of this alliance between father and daughter
was pregnancy.
"Investigation
into the case revealed that the suspect is a security man but the strange part
of his work was that whenever he was going to work, he went with his daughter.
This strange behaviour attracted the attention of the community and they
reported to the police.”
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