NSCDC arrests man for r*ping his daughter for 3 years

Operatives of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi Command, have a 41-year-old man, for defiling and raping his own daughter.

Addressing journalists while parading the suspect on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at NSCDC Command Headquarters, Lokoja, the Kogi State Commandant, Ahmad Gandi said the victim was 16-year-old, adding that the command received a complaint lodged by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) on Friday, May 5.

According to the NSCDC chief, the complaint was lodged on a case of defilement, rape and incest in which the suspect is the biological father of the victim.

The commandant said that the abusive act was on for three years from 2020 to 2023, since when the victim was 16 years old.

Revealing that the victim’s father had admitted to committing the crime, Gandi said that the younger sister to the teenager advised her that they should either commit suicide or kill their father to free themselves from the abusive act.

Narrating her ordeal in the hands of her father, the victim said the incident began when her mother left their home in 2020.

“It happened in 2020 when my mum left home and since then my Dad had been sexually abusing me.

“In 2021, my father impregnated me and took me to a clinic where they aborted the pregnancy I had for him.

“I couldn’t leave the house because of my younger sister as I was afraid my father could do the same thing to my sister,” the victim said.

“After aborting the pregnancy he continued the sexual abuse until I couldn’t take it anymore, which I have to report to an NGO who reported the case to NSCDC.”

In his reaction to the incident, Abdulrasak Ibrahim, the Executive Director of the NGO, the Islamic Centre for Communication and Creative Thought (ItrippleCT), commended the NSCDC for doing a fantastic job by swinging into action to arrest the suspect.