A man identified as Abraham Achibong has been arrested by the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly Defiling his teenage daughter for 6 years.
The suspect is said to have committed the crime in the Ile-Oluji community, located in the Ile-Oluji Oke Igbo Local Government Area of the state.
A statement released by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Aidamenbor Daniel, revealed that Achibong was arrested alongside two other suspects, Ojo Oluwasola and Agu Matthew who were alleged to be involved in other crimes.
The statement further said that the corps’s state commandant, Ibiloye Oluyemi, presented the suspects to the public at the command’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital.
It was also stated that the accused individual has admitted to the crime and will face legal proceedings in court for charges of rape, molestation, and incest.
According to the commandant, “Mr Abraham Achibong, age 40 years, a farmer, was arrested for molesting his daughter, who is now 14 years old, since she was eight years old. This had been going on for six years until a few days ago when the girl (name withheld) summoned the courage to confide in her teacher when the Ondo State Primary Health Care officers visited her school on a sensitisation programme on Human Papilloma Virus vaccine.
“The suspect has since confessed to the crime, and he would be prosecuted in the law court for his crime of rape, molestation, and incest.”