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The Edo State police command
yesterday paraded a 35-year-old man, Moses Friday, for impregnating his teenage
daughter, Precious Friday, a 13-year-old primary school pupil in Ikpoba.
It was gathered that Moses, who
hails from Cross River State but resides in Edo State, had been sleeping with
his daughter since she was 7 years old.
It was further revealed that the
victim, a primary six pupil, lost her mother five years ago and has been living
with the suspect, who constantly abused her sexually.
It was learned that the suspect
was driven out of Ologbo community when the people discovered that he was
sleeping with his daughter.
According to sources, when the
community members discovered that the girl was pregnant for her father, they
informed the Police, who later arrested him.
Speaking with journalists,
Precious, who is five months pregnant, said: “My father slept with me five
times. He started when I was very small. He started by touching my waist. When
I said no, he said if I shout he will use cutlass to kill me.
Some neighbors saw me and took me
to the community leader in our area at Okha, where they asked me what happened
to my stomach. I didn’t know what they were saying.
They asked me when I last saw my
menstrual period. I didn’t understand what they are talking about until the
police told me I am pregnant and asked me who did it. I told them my father
sleeps with me at night.”
However, Friday denied sleeping
with his daughter, saying the minor told the community that he was the one that
impregnated her, which is not true. He said: “I have a girlfriend.
But when people came to my house
and beat me up, claiming I was going out with a married woman, I abandoned her.
I did not impregnate her, but take it the way she said it.”
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