Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended a 50-year-old man, for alleged raping his 19-year-old daughter, since she was 11.

The Lagos State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, in a statement made available to journalists, said that the suspect was arrested after his 45-year-old wife reported the issue at the Ikotun Police Station.

It was alleged that the suspect’s incestuous behaviour was discovered by his wife at their Kajola Street, Ikotun residence after she noticed their daughter was strangely disrespecting her father.

The woman was said to have questioned her daughter what was wrong and she opened up that her father had been raping her since she was 11 years old.

The victim said her father threatened violence on her each time she resisted him. She also revealed that the father instilled so much fear in her, which made it extremely difficult to report to anybody.

The suspect was arrested by detectives from the Family Support Unit. He confessed to committing the crime. After a thorough investigation by the police, he was charged to Chief Magistrate Court ll Ogba on five counts of incest, rape, sexual harassment, defilement and sexual assault on May 11th, 2020.

The magistrate ordered that the defendant be detained, while the court adjourned the case for further hearing until June 15th.

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