Amoda Bola, 49, was detained on August 17 by members of the Ogun State Police command for allegedly forcing his biological daughter, 14, into a pregnancy (name withheld).
After the victim complained at the Ode Remo divisional headquarters that her father, whom she has been living with for a while, has been having carnal knowledge of her, the suspect, a resident of Idi Oro Street, Ode Remo, was detained.
Amoda Bola, 49, was detained on August 17 by members of the Ogun State Police command for allegedly forcing his biological daughter, 14, into a pregnancy (name withheld).
After the victim complained at the Ode Remo divisional headquarters that her father, whom she has been living with for a while, has been having carnal knowledge of her, the suspect, a resident of Idi Oro Street, Ode Remo, was detained.
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The culprit initially rejected the accusations during questioning, but subsequently confessed when the victim confronted him. Five additional people who had slept with the victim on the father’s invitation at various periods were detained as a result of his confession.
Ahmed Ogunkoya, 30, Muyiwa Adeoye, 48, David Sunday Solaja, 69, Emmanuel Olusanya, 50, and Joshua Olaniran, 50, are the other suspects.
The state police command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the event and stated all the suspects had admitted to having had sexual contact with the 14-year-old girl and giving money to her father. He claimed the girl, whose mother and father had split some years earlier, claimed her father had essentially converted her into a prostitute.
”She has been taken to state hospital Isara Remo where it was confirmed that she is pregnant.
The victim has insisted that it was her father who is responsible for the pregnancy been the only person who slept with her within the period she got pregnant.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to anti humans trafficking and child labour unit of the state Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and possible prosecution.”Oyeymi said