Adewale Adeleke, a 35-year old bus driver, has been arrested by the police for defiling his two daughters, 13 and 10 years old.
The
incident occurred in Ikotun, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos,
southwest Nigeria, girls alleged that their father has been having séx
with them for two years.
The
man was arrested and detained at the Ikotun Police Station over the
act. The girls confessed that their father had been sleéping with them
since 2011 without the knowledge of their mother who separated from
their father last year.
The
eldest of them (name withheld) alleged that their father started
sleéping with her when she was 11 years and her sibling when she was
eight years old and that it was her father who deflowered her.
“Our
father sleéps with us frequently. The first time he slépt with me, I
saw blood coming out of my private part and he used singlet to clean me
up,” she alleged.
Now
girls under police protection while their father will be arraigned at
the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court later today by the police.
The
act was exposed when the Vice Chairman, Freelance Broadcast Association
of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Demola Olota, Mrs Esther Ogwu of the
Esther Child Rights Foundation and Mrs Mary Olasupo of the Compassionate
Women arrested the alleged culprit and handed him over to the police.
Adeleke
allegedly admitted that he had been defiling his daughters since 2011
and that he should be forgiven. He was quoted as saying that the devil
pushed him to have séx with them and that whenever he felt the urge for
séx, he defiled his daughters.
Kemi
Adeleke, mother of the children, who left her husband last year was
shattered when the news that her estranged husband had been sleéping
with their children was broken to her, saying she could not eat for two
days.
Kemi
said she left her husband because he was an irresponsible man and she
is the one that feeds the family and even on top of that she gets
seriously beaten up by her husband. According to her, when she left for
Ibadan, she left the children with her mother but her husband went there
to bring them back home.
Esther
Child Rights Foundation, Mrs. Esther Ogwu, described the man as wicked
for defiling his two girls for two years, saying that her foundation
would ensure that justice is done in the matterю
She
stated that when she interviewed Adeleke at the police station, he
admitted to the act, adding that the foundation was trying to see if the
children’s mother could take custody of the children when she arrives
from Ibadanю
When
contacted, Lagos State Police Command, Public Relations Officer, PPRO,
Ngozi Braide confirmed the arrest of the suspect, saying that he would
be arraigned in court soon.
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