60-Year-Old Man Arrested For Raping Daughters, Nieces in Oyo

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A 60-year-old herbalist, Tajudeen Awoniyi, was arrested on Monday in Oyo State for allegedly raping his two daughters, Barakat, 15, and Sefiat, 14, and two of his nieces, Noimot, 14, and Kehinde, 15.

ThisDay reports;

One of the suspect’s daughters, Barakat, 15, alleged that her father, actually slept with the two other girls (his nieces). She also maintained that her father who had developed the habit of sleeping with her and her sister after getting drunk had threatened to punish them severely if they ever disclosed his escapades with them.

On the whereabouts of their mother during the incidents, she said that their mother left the home when they were very young.

Narrating further, she said: “We came home with our cousins, Noimot, 14, and Kehinde, 15, on the evening of the incident but when it was too late, they decided to sleep in our house because their mother had travelled. My father later gave them black soap and called them into his shrine one after the other and slept with them. Each time he was drunk, he would rape me and my sister in the house. He had done it to me three times. I cried but could not tell anyone for fear of my father.”

Barakat’s sister, Sefiat, 14, also confirmed her father’s incestuous assaults. “Baba woke us around 1 am on that day and said we should use black soap to bath. We did and after that, he put something in his mouth and slept with us separately,” she said.

The police commissioner, Mohammed Katsina said doctor’s report indicated that the girls have been infected with sexually transmitted diseases.

In his defence, Awoniyi said he gave the girls the soap but did not sleep with them or his daughters. He said he was being framed by his brother because of a family disagreement.

Police however dismissed Awoniyi’s claims.