Mum Cries Out As Husband Who Raped 4-Year-Old Daughter Walks Free

Remember the four-year-old girl who lost her voice after several sexual assaults by her 37-year-old biological dad? Click here if you missed it.

Two months after the 37-year-old mechanic, Thompson, sexually abused his daughter, her mum has raised the alarm that authorities have released him without prosecution.

The embittered mum, Funmi, told Saturday PUNCH that she and her children have been living in fear of what Thompson might do to them for reporting the assault.

Thompson was arrested after the bizzare case was reported in October. Funmi had alleged that her husband had on many occasions raped their four-year-old daughter, Rebecca, in their home in Igando area of Lagos.

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She alleged that apart from having sexual intercourse with the little girl on several occasions, she had caught her husband inserting his finger into the private part of the girl more than once, all of which had traumatised Rebecca to the point where she could no longer talk.

For reporting the case, Funmi and her children were allegedly threatened by her husband, forcing her to move out of his house.

Funmi said,

“With all that he did, I thought he would face the law. I thought he would be prosecuted for the abominations he had committed. Now, I look over my shoulder anytime I walk on the street. I always tell my children to be careful too. Who knows what he is planning against us?

I fear for my life and that of my children now. After he was released, he went to the school of my children and attempted to take them from there, but the teacher did not release them to him. I did not even know he was released until they told me he visited the school.”

She added that Rebecca is now gradually regaining her voice.

Funmi, who alleged that her separated husband was diabolical, had explained that the sexual abuse of their daughter started when the girl was only two years old.

The case was reported to the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender, where a lawyer was assigned to handle the case. However, Funmi said, “I was surprised that he has been released. Nobody told me anything.”

She told our correspondent that efforts to get an explanation from the lawyer assigned to her case has been abortive.

Director of the Esther Child Rights Foundation, Esther Ogwu, who reported the case to the OPD, explained that the case might have been destroyed by the police when it was transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation in the state.

She said,

“I can say with confidence that the problem could not have come from the OPD because they don’t waste time in handling terrible cases like this. The police were the ones who released him without prosecution. They even called the woman a liar for reporting that her husband raped his own daughter when she was invited to come and give her statement.

It is unfortunate the woman is no longer safe now. She told us that she now runs from one place to another in fear of her husband. I feel sad when things like these happen in our country and the culprits go scot-free.”