A 40-year-old man, Victor Emafolomi, has been detained by the police for allegedly raping his wife’s daughter, Keji.
The
suspect was apprehended on Sunday by the police from the Agbado division
after the mother of the victim reported the case.
Keji (pseudonym) lived with her mother
and Emafolomi on Olukososi Street, Jafa, Agbado, in the Ifo Local
Government Area of Ogun State.
Emafolomi was said to have raped Keji on two occasions in October, threatening to kill her if she informed her mother.
It was gathered that the first time she
was raped, Keji was at a shop where she was learning hairdressing within
the community when her stepfather called her on the telephone to come
home to prepare lunch for him.
While the teenager was immersed in the cooking, Emafolomi reportedly descended on her and dragged her into the bedroom.
She said, “That afternoon, he was drunk.
He beat me up when I resisted. I explained to him that he was like a
father to me, but he didn’t listen. He used a pillow to cover my mouth
and raped me. He said he would kill me if I told my mother about the
rape.
“Two days after, he had sex with me
again. That evening, he beat me up because I insisted that I would tell
my mother when she came back from work. He went out and came back with
two men after about 30 minutes. The men stared at me and left. He said
they would be monitoring my movement and that if I reveal what he did to
me, they would kill me.”
Our correspondent gathered that the suspect left home after the second encounter and did not return until about two weeks later.
“Before the incident, he had warned a
boy called Owolabi to stay away from me because he didn’t want us to
have a relationship,” Keji added.
Keji’s mother, Taiwo, who told PUNCH Metro said
she was abreast of the time her daughter usually menstruated, said she
became worried last Tuesday, October 24, when Keji did not do so.
“I took her to a clinic in our area and
it was confirmed that she was pregnant. I begged her to tell me who
impregnated her, but she refused,” Taiwo said.
After much pestering, Keji was said to have confided in her mother, who reportedly passed out afterwards.
“I was very shocked, but I could not
fault the revelation because my husband had abandoned home for some days
and there was no misunderstanding between us. I think it was because of
what he did,” she added.
However, the suspect, who hails from Delta State, refuted the allegations, saying it was Owolabi, who impregnated Keji.
He said, “I am a driver. I left home
because my wife is stubborn; she doesn’t take corrections. I left home
to punish her so that she would change for better.
“I never had sex with her daughter and I
didn’t know anything about the pregnancy. I don’t want it aborted. When
she is delivered of the baby, we will carry out a DNA test on the
baby.”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations
Officer, ASP Ambibola Oyeyemi, said the case would be transferred to the
command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further
investigation.
“The victim confirmed that the suspect
had carnal knowledge of her several times and the pregnancy test
conducted on her was positive,” he added.
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