The Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested a father and his son for raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl.
The father and son have been identified as Kabiru Oke, 44; and Faruq Oke, 19.
The complaint of the defilement of the minor was lodged by the mother of the 13-year-old, against Kabiru Oke, the husband of her elder sister, of 1, Olatikupo Street, Egbeda and his son, Faruq.
The survivor/victim lived with the perpetrators for a couple of years.
The unholy affair between the minor and the first suspect started on October 20, 2018 with the suspect having constant sexual intercourse with the survivor.
The second suspect, being the son of the first suspect, started having unlawful carnal knowledge of the same minor on January 10, 2019.
The suspects have constantly threatened to kill the victim if she ever tells anybody about the affairs.
The victim exposed them when her mother suspected some changes in her and discovered that she is pregnant.
The survivor was taken to Mirabel Centre by the Gender Unit for medical examination.
The two suspects were arrested and charged to Magistrate Court 2, Ogba for defilement.
The case was adjourned till May 13, 2019, while the suspects were remanded in Kirikiri prison.
In a related development, Marainerume Alfred, 45, of Oke Itunu Church Close, Ejigbo was arrested for defiling a 14-year-old girl.
The matter was reported to the Gender Unit by the mother of the survivor.
The complainant stated that they live on the same street with the suspect.
That the suspect usually called the survivor into his shop while on her way back from school, along Iyana Ejigbo Road Lagos, were he sells Nigerian Films and have unlawful sexual intercourse with her there.
The crime was perpetrated from May 2018 up to March 27, 2019.
The suspect, in his statement to the Police, revealed that he turned the survivor into his sex partner after he divorced his wife in May 2018.
The matter was discovered on March 27, 2019 at about 2pm by the survivor’s grandmother who perceived some odours from the body of the survivor when she returned home and subjected her to questioning.
The survivor opened up to her grandmother and narrated the whole story.
She further stated that the suspect threatened that she will die if she ever disclosed it to her parents.
She said the suspect usually gives her some drugs to take and equally mixes salt and water for her to take after sex to prevent her from getting pregnant.
Investigation is ongoing, with the suspect to be charged to Court for defilement.
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