A 41-year-old father (names withheld) has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi Command for allegedly defiled and raped his 16-year-old daughter in Kogi State.
The development was made known by the State Commandant, Ahmad Gandi, at the NSCDC Command Headquarters, Lokoja, the state capital on Wednesday.
Gandi disclosed further that the command received a complaint lodged by an NGO on a case of defilement, rape and incest in which the suspect is a biological father of the victim on May 5.
According to Gandi, the accused started abusing his daughter when she was 16-years-old and continued from 2020 to 2023.
Gandi said that the younger sister to the victim advised her that they should either commit suicide or kill their father to free themselves from the abusive act.
The suspect will be charged to court after investigation has been concluded, the commandant said, adding that the father had admitted committing the act.
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The commander gave the NGO a tap on their back for their effort to free the victim from her bondage and urged other victims in the society who were dying in silence to come out and report such cases.
For fear of the victim’s stigmatisation, the identity of the suspect and victim were concealed by the NSCDC.
The victim told newsmen that she had been sexually abused by her father since 2020 after her mother left home.
“It happened in 2020 when my mum left home and since then my dad had been sexually abusing me.
“In 2021, my father impregnated me and took me to a clinic where they aborted the pregnancy I had for him.
“I couldn’t leave the house because of my younger sister as I was afraid my father could do the same thing to my sister,” the victim said.