A a 55-year-old security man, Arowolo Ayodeji, who allegedly had carnal knowledge of his 19-year-old daughter, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The spokesman of the Kwara State Command of the NSCDC, Olasunkanmi Ayeni, paraded the suspect on Friday.
Ayeni said Ayodeji was allegedly having carnal knowledge of his daughter since she was seven years old.
Ayeni said: “Arowolo Ayodeji’s report was brought to the notice of the command through the Kwara state Ministry of Social Welfare.
“The ministry and the command’s Gender Unit are collaborating together.
“It was a good Samaritan that reported the case to the Ministry of Social Welfare before the case was brought here.”
Ayeni said that the suspect was apprehended in Ijero Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, where he allegedly last committed the act, and brought to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
He said: “The man was said to have been molesting the girl while she was seven years old.
“It means that crime has been on for 12 years running.”
Ayodeji blamed his action on the work of the devil.
The suspect, who confirmed that he is the biological father of the teenager, said that the marriage between him and the girl’s mom crashed when the girl was two years old.
Another suspect, Emmanuel Sowole, was described by Ayeni during their parade as a serial house breaker who had been arrested several times in the state.
He said: “Emmanuel has been a serial house breaker.
“His cases have been brought here several times and on different occasions he has been sent to remand, but he seems not to want to change from his act.
“The offence that brought him here is the breaking into a house in Ilorin and carting away some vehicle parts.”