MAN RAPES 21-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND BLAMES THE DEVIL

MAN RAPES 21-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND BLAMES THE DEVIL

Idowu Owolabi 45-year-old has been arrested for raping his 21-year-old daughter at Papa Olosun area of Oja-Odan, Ogun State, and putting the blame on the devil.

 His arrest was followed by a complaint from his daughter, (names withheld) at Oja-Odan Police Division, on Tuesday.

She told policemen that the sacrilegious act began March last year, when she went to assist her father in the farm.

The victim narrates her story as thus, “he forcefully had carnal knowledge of me and threatened to kill me if I told anyone. On the way home, he begged me and promised to give me whatever I wanted.

 “Since then, it has been from one sexual molestation to another. He would forcefully penetrate me at home, whenever he wanted. I got fed up of the whole matter and decided to report to the Police,” she said.

According to spokesman for the Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi Preliminary investigations showed that the suspect had been married to three different women.

According to Abimbola Oyeyemi, “Upon receipt of the complaint, the DPO Oja-Odan, CSP Olayemi Jacob, led detectives to the suspect’s residence where he was promptly arrested.

“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime, but blames it all on devil.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, for proper investigation and possible prosecution of the suspect.”