A 39-year-old man has been remanded in prison custody following an order of a Magistrate Court sitting in Ikare Akako, Ondo State, for allegedly being responsible for the two-month old pregnancy of his own daughter (name withheld).
It was gathered that the man identified as Olaniyi Oyewumi had been allegedly having carnal knowledge of the 15-year-old girl for the past five years, barely one year after the death of the girl’s mother who died in 2005.
Prior to the death of the mother of the girl, a source said Oyewumi had not been living with the wife, which made the girl, the only product of the union to be living with him and his second wife . He was said to have started the incestuous affair with his daughter a year after the demise of his wife.
According to the source, the father who had had three children in the second marriage, at night, would sneak into the girl’s room and have sex with her without the knowledge of the other members of the family.
The source narrated that the girl said she had been given a stern warning by her father that if she disclosed the matter to anybody, she would run mad. However, the cat was let out of the bag when she missed her monthly period for two months.
It was also gathered that the strange behavior put up by the innocent girl in recent times, raised suspicion among some elders in the area, and after subjecting her to some questioning, she finally confessed the illicit affair between her and her father.
After the confession of the JSS 2 student, a member of the family who was very furious about the matter was said to have reported the case to the police, after which Oyewumi was arrested and arraigned by the Magistrate Court.
In her ruling, Magistrate Anjola Ayeni ordered that the culprit be remanded in prison custody till October 2011 and his case file be taken to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.
Oyewumi was said to have committed an offence contrary to Section 218 of the Criminal Code cap 30 vol 2 law of Ondo State.
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