A man has been accused of defiling his 12-year-old daughter. in Lagos State.
Abdullah Abiodun reportedly violated his own 12-year-old daughter, according to a police prosecution witness inspector named Glory Eyo, who testified before the Ikeja Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos on Monday, October 30.
Eyo testified before the court, accompanied by Olushola Sholeye, the state prosecutor, that her father had defiled the youngster in the Badagry region of the state.
The witness also disclosed before Justice Abiola Soladoye that Usman, the victim’s younger brother, was the one who exposed his father’s transgression and alerted the authorities.
She said, “Abiodun was at home with his daughter, her younger brother, and a visitor who came to visit.”
“After the visitor left, Usman was chased out by his father, and the defendant told him to leave the house. When he left, Abiodun removed his daughter’s pants, held her neck, and tried to insert his penis in her private parts. It was in the process of doing it that the daughter screamed. Her brother heard the noise and entered the house where he saw his father on top of his sister.
“The defendant tried to chase Usman away and then the victim ran out and reported to their neighbour that her father was trying to have sexual intercourse with her.
“The neighbour then reported the case to the Baale, before it was reported to the Lagos State Police Badagry Division,” she said.
Consequently, Justice Abiola Soladoye adjourned the case till December 16, 2023, for continuation of trial.
The defendant was arraigned on June 3, 2021, on a count of unlawful defilement of a child preferred against him by the state.
He was alleged to have committed the offence at their residence in the Badagry area of the state.
According to the prosecutor, the offence committed contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge against him.
