Fatai Ogundele, a bus driver, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter.

He was charged for beating up his daughter for denying him more sex.

The young girl, who had been living with her mother since her parents separation, said, “My sister and I lived with daddy, but she left home sometime in 2014. That time, daddy called us and said our mother directed him to check the hair on our private parts. We refused and called our mother on the telephone. She said she did not tell him anything of such. My sister fled home since then and had not come back.

“One day, he took me out, telling my stepmother that she wanted to buy books, bags and clothes for me. I was very happy. But he took me to his friend’s house somewhere in Mushin and raped me there. I have never experienced it before. He was the one that deflowered me. After that time, he raped me four times in our house when my stepmother was not around. There was a time that he sneaked into where I was sleeping in the night and raped me.

“In the morning of the day he was arrested, I told him that what he was doing was bad and that he should stop, but he did not listen. He beat me up when I did not allow him to have sex with me and that was how people knew about it.”

Ogundele, after much interrogation, admitted to having sex with her once, “It is a lie. I only slept with her once. I have realised my mistake and I promise I won’t make it again.”

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirming  the incident, said, “The suspect was arrested for raping his daughter. He is in police custody in Abeokuta for further investigation. He will be charged to court after investigation.”

Ada Igboanugo