Abiodun Oladapo, a 43-year-old father, has been arrested in Ogun State for impregnating his 19-year-old daughter (names withheld).
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this to reporters on Saturday.
He said Oladapo was arrested after one Oluwatoyin Idowu lodged a complaint at Mowe divisional headquarters.
The police spokesman said Idowu reported that her son, Michael Idowu, was accused of impregnating the girl but she interrogated her son and found out that the victim was not being truthful.
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Oyeyemi said that the five-month-pregnant girl was invited to the station and interrogated by policemen to whom she confessed that although Michael Idowu slept with her in December 2022, her father, Abiodun Oladapo is responsible for her pregnancy.
“She stated further that her father had been sleeping with her since February 2022, with a threat to kill her if she informed anybody about it.
“According to the victim, when it was discovered that she was pregnant, her father asked her to say Michael Idowu was 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.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but blamed it on the devil.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, who had long separated from the victim’s mother, took custody of the girl when her mother remarried and they have been living together since then,” Oyeyemi said.
He said that the State Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), for further investigation and possible prosecution.
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