Father gives daughter N500 each time he sleeps with he, 15-yr- old reveals

LAGOS—A 15-year-year-old girl, yesterday, narrated in 
tears how her 42-year-old father had been sleeping with her and her elder sister since their mother left them two years ago. She said her father gives her N500 each time he wants 
to sleep with her.

Her father, I. D. Idowu, was arrested by policemen at Ketu
Division after a concerned neighbour reported the act.

Vanguard learned that the suspect’s wife left her matrimonial
home two years ago when she discovered that her husband
was sleeping with their 17-year-old daughter. But her
 husband was said to have insisted that she left without 
either of their three children, all girls, who were aged 17, 13 and eight,respectively.

We gathered that, the eldest child, unable to bear the
abuse, left their Ketu home, abandoning her siblings to their
fate. Idowu, as alleged by his second child, usually gave her
N500 whenever he wanted to sleep with her.

How neighbour exposed him

 The Senior Secondary School, SS, 1 student said: “My father started sleeping with me two years ago, while I was 13 years.

The first time he came, he gave me N500 and forced himself
on me.

“After that day, I did not allow him to touch me again. The
second time he did it, he gave me N500 again. He usually
comes to me in the day and night.

“So far, he has had sex with me three times and usually gave
me N500. I rebuffed him several times.”

According to ERICGOSSIP, that a curious neighbour interrogated the girl and she opened up, consequent upon which her father was arrested.

The victim’s mother, Labake, who showed up at the
 police station, burst out in tears, saying “it was because of this same attitude that I left him. I did not remarry.

“My only request is that I want my children to be staying
 with me. I don’t want him to be prosecuted, please. God knows how to deal with wicked people.”

However, when the suspect was interrogated, he denied,
describing his child’s claim as false. Rather, he claimed that
his daughter fabricated the lie because he scolded her.

But the victim interrupted him, saying “Daddy, why not tell
 the truth. You know you are lying. You have slept with me three times.”

As at yesterday, the teenager was taken to the Gender
 Unit of Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, from where
 she was taken to Mirabel Centre for medical check-up.

Police sources at the Unit stated that efforts were being made
to take the victim to a social home, from where she would
continue her education.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Fatai
Owoseni, who confirmed the arrest, said: “He has been
 doing this for long. He will be charged to court as soon as

investigation is concluded.”