He said he’ll suck my breasts to make them big, says 18-yr-old girl raped by father for 4 years
The victim is the first prosecution witness in an ongoing trial involving her father and Lagos State before Justice Sybil Nwaka. Led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Babajide Boye, she informed the court that the father started abusing her sexually right from when she was 12 years old, at their Ikorodu home in Lagos. Her story: “My four siblings (two boys and two girls) and I were staying with my father in a room apartment.” She said the abuse started when her father called her and said her breast were not as big as that of her mates and that he would help her suck them with his mouth so that they could get bigger like that of her mates. According to her, “I was in JSS 3 when he started. He asked me to sleep with him on the bed and he began to suck my breasts. The following day, I told my younger sister about the incident and she condemned it. “The following week, he told me that I am not as fat as my mates and that he would pour sperm inside me so that I can be as fat. I allowed him have sex with me and thereafter, he gave me salt water to drink.”
The victim further told the court that her mother left her father’s house in
2012, as they were always having misunderstanding. She said her father
continued to abuse her sexually and when she told her younger sister about the
sexual aspect, she said it is a curse and that the bible condemns it.
She claimed that “I said same to my dad, but he
said it is not a curse because God knows that he does not have a wife. I
attempted to stop him, but he denied me and my siblings food for days until I
gave in again. “He said if he continues to have sex with me, he will keep
getting money to take care of us. My mum came but left again after about a
month. “He stopped when she was around and started again when she left. I
didn’t tell my mum because he said I should not tell her. “We usually go to the
Apostolic Church camp every year and he told me that his sister reported him to
his mum and rather than rebuking him, she told him not to get me pregnant. I
told my sister and she said my dad’s family don’t like us at all. “In 2016, my
mother came back to stay with us and caught us one night, when my father was
trying to have sex with me. She screamed and my father threatened to kill her.”
The girl also informed the court that thereafter,
her mother took her and her siblings to Ibadan, where she was formerly
residing. She continued: “I was teaching in a small school in Ibadan and we
used to call him to send us money, but he will say he won’t until we come back
to Ikorodu and I didn’t want to go back. “So I went to the proprietress of the
school where I teach in Ibadan, asking for salary increment, that the money was
too small for all of us to live on. She asked of my dad and I told her
everything I went through in the hands of my father. “She said she knows
someone who can help me at Justice Development Peace Commission at Basorun,
Ibadan. I told them all that happened and they said they will help me, but that
I have to come to Lagos and they gave us a number to call at Alausa, Ikeja. “I
was referred to Mirabel Centre to run a test. After the test, we went back to
the Police and we later went to arrest my father in Ikorodu.” While being
cross-examined by the defence counsel, Woreer Oduagbaka, the victim maintained
that she was living in a room apartment, but a room was later added to it,
making a room and parlour.
The victim’s mother also gave her evidence before
the court, giving her reasons for leaving her husband in the first place,
saying he accused her of spiritually impending his progress. She said she had
no choice but to leave his house for Ibadan, where she began selling food
stuffs and sending her sister to give her children gifts occasionally, because
their father would not let her contact them directly. She also told the court
that she was unaware of everything that happened to her daughter as she never
confided in her, until she caught the father in the act and left with her kids
after he refused to accept or show any form of repentance. The 52-year-old
defendant, Folorunso Oluwaseun, was arraigned for defiling a minor in February
on a two-count charge bordering on sexual assault. Justice Nwaka adjourned the
case till June 21 for continuation of trial.
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