Amoda Bola, a 49-year-old man and father has been arrested for impregnating his 14-year-old daughter in Ode, Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
According to reports, Bola a resident of Idi Oro street, Ode Remo, was arrested by the police following a complaint received from the victim who reported at Ode Remo divisional headquarters that her father has been sleeping with her for some years.
According to a statement made by the Ogun police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi, said on Sunday, the daughter had told the police that “her father, with whom she had been living for some years now, had been having carnal knowledge of her.”
Oyeyemi stated that the teenage girl also told the police that “her father has also been inviting other men to the house to have sex with her after which the men will pay him money.”
Acting swiftly on the report, the DPO of Ode Remo division, CSP Olayemi Fasogbon, sent his men to the place where the arrest was made.
Oyeyemi stated that “On interrogation, the suspect, who first denied the allegations, later confessed when the victim confronted him.
“His confession led to the arrest of five others who have slept with her at different times on the invitation of the father.”
Other suspects who the father mentioned are also participants in the act are Emmanuel Olusanya 50years, David Sunday Solaja 69years, Ahmed Ogunkoya 30 years, Joshua Olaniran 50years and Muyiwa Adeoye 48years.
All the suspects mentioned, confessed that they all have slept with the girl, according to the police spokesman.
“The victim, whose mother had separated from the father years back, was practically turned into a prostitute by her father.
“She has been taken to the state hospital in Isara, where it was confirmed that she is pregnant.
“The victim has insisted that it was her father who is responsible for the pregnancy, being the only person who slept with her within the period she conceived.”
The commissioner of police in the state, Lanre Bankole has given directives that the case be transferred to the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state CIID.