‘The day he deflowered me, he gave me N100’ -14-Year Old Girl Impregnated by Ex Soldier, 70 Reveals

A 14-year-old girl raped and impregnated by an ex-soldier, Shuaibu Ahmed, 70, tells her sad story.

Vanguard gathers that Ahmed and the victim, who lost her mother long time ago, are neighbours at Ago Tapa area of Ibadan, Oyo State. According to information gathered, the man is said to have taken advantage of many other under-aged girls in the neighbourhood.

The teenager revealed that Ahmed gave her N100 the first time he raped her, but that she continued to allow the septuagenarian sleep with her because he threatened to kill her.

The unsuspecting father of the girl was told by a neighbour that his daughter was carrying a five-month-old pregnancy.

Speaking with Vanguard, the girl said:

“Sometime last year, my sister sent me to Papa Soldier’s house to collect some compact discs for her. He removed my clothes, underwear and forced himself on me. I tried to shout, but he blocked my mouth and threatened to kill me. After he was through, I saw some whitish substance on me.

It was then he told me he had deflowered me and that I should not tell anybody about it. Since then he has been having sex with me and each time he would warn me and even threaten to kill me.

At times, he will give me N100 or N200. The day he deflowered me, he gave me N100. I was not enticed by money; it was his constant threats that frightened me. I could not tell anyone because I didn’t want to die.

I just finished JSS 1. I had not started menstruation when he first forced me. It was after that encounter I started seeing my period.”

Ahmed’s secret was exposed by a neighbour who lives in the same house with the minor. The woman said the victim’s father did not know anything.

“I have been seeing the young girl with the old man and I warned the girl to stop going to him. Just this morning, a neighbour called me and said the girl is pregnant, saying her navel and tummy are shooting out.

I called the girl, but she shook her head in denial saying ‘I’m not pregnant.’ When I asked her when last she saw her period, she could not recall it.

I told her father, who was completely devastated. You can see what the old useless man caused. The mother died long time ago.”

The father reported the case at Mokola Police Station and the suspect will be transferred to the State CID for proper investigation. The father of the girl said all he wants is justice, as he noted that he could not bear the trauma.

The point here is most teenagers are ignorant of sex education. Sex education is important as your kids grow into puberty. Parents and guardians need to talk to their children about sex, both the girl and the boy inclusive.

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