Man Arrested Over Rape Of His 15 Year Old Daughter

A man, identified as Timothy Idowu, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in the Aradagun, Badagry area of Lagos State.

According to Punch, the suspect repeatedly raped his daughter while her mother was bedridden. The victim, name withheld, was only able to escape her father’s dastardly acts when he travelled for a prayer meeting.

She told Punch reporters, “I am 15 years old. I am in Senior Secondary Class 2. My father deflowered me several months ago, and he had been raping me since then. Whenever he did it, he would clean up the mess and warn me not to tell anybody.”

The victim, who is now said to be in government’s custody, left her father’s apartment for a relative’s house in the Ikotun area of the state. A social worker, identified only as Ibrahim, then reported the matter to the police.

He said, “The victim fled to a relative, who is her aunt in the Ikotun area. The aunt thereafter contacted our organisation. The case got to my attention last week. I reported the case at the police station in Badagry immediately and the man was arrested.”

He continued, “The victim said she could not bear it anymore as her father had raped her several times in the year. She said anytime the family slept at night, the father would sneak into her room and rape her. He would thereafter warn her not to tell anyone. She claimed the father started from the beginning of the year.”

A neighbour, who did not want his name mentioned, also revealed to Punch that the victim had reported to her while fleeing the house.

“The girl came to me on the day she was fleeing home and said her father had been raping her. I thought she was mentally unstable, until the man was arrested some days ago,” the neighbour said.

Idowu, who was also said to have allegedly raped another one of his daughters, was arrested by the Badagry Police Division on Thursday, the 23rd of June.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed the arrest, told punch that “investigation is still ongoing.”

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