Ekiti State Police command say it has take into custody a 52-year-old engineer, Noel Davies for serially raping his 12-year-old daughter, a crime he has confessed to.
The suspect who was said to be a staff of ICT department of Ekiti State University pleaded for forgiveness.
He said his wife sometimes got to know of the incident but it was resolved and concealed in the family.
But the ‘clandestine affair’ was later exposed when the girl confided in her school teacher during a lecture on sex education.
The suspect was arrested following a tip-off by chairperson of Federation of Women Lawyer (FIDA), Ekiti State chapter, Mrs Seyi Ojo who was contacted by the school authorities.
The victim said the issue started a few years ago, when her father told her about how special she was, and soon started caressing her breast for some months before he began to have carnal knowledge of her.
Police spokesman DSP Caleb Ikechukwu David was said to have confessed to the crime.
“The suspect had been having unlawful carnal knowledge of his biological daughter of 12 years for over three years,” he said.
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