26th March, 2023
A 19-year-old girl in Mowe area of Ogun State (name withheld) has revealed how her 43-year-old father, Abiodun Oladapo impregnated her, but asked her to lie against her boyfriend, Michael Idowu.
This came to light after the mother of the boyfriend, Oluwatoyin Idowu reported to the police at Mowe Divisional Headquarters that her son was wrongly accused of putting the girl in a family way, according to statement by the spokesperson of Ogun Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
“Upon the report, the victim who is five months pregnant was invited, and when she got to the station, she confided in the police that though Michael Idowu slept with her in December 2022, it was her father Abiodun Oladapo who is responsible for her pregnancy.
“She stated further that her father had been sleeping with her since February 2022 with threat to kill her if she informed anybody about it.
“According to the victim, when it was discovered that she is pregnant, her father asked her to lie against Michael Idowu of being responsible for the pregnancy.
“Upon her confession, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo detailed detectives to go after the randy father, and he was subsequently arrested,” Oyeyemi said in the statement
Oladapo who was arrested on 24 March confessed to the crime during interrogation, according to the police spokesperson.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but blamed it on the devil.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect who had long separated with the victim’s mother took custody of the girl when her mother remarried and they have been living together since then,” the police spokesperson said.
He added that Ogun Commissioner of Police, CP Frank Mba, has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.