A commercial driver, Fatai Ogundele, has been arrested by
the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter,
Titi (pseudonym).
He was said to have been arrested by the police from the
Onipanu Police Divison after he beat up his daughter for denying him more sex.
It was learnt that Ogundele and Titi’s mother divorced in
2006.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the Junior Secondary School 2 pupil
and her sister had been living with Ogundele’s mother since then until 2014
when he relocated them to his residence in the Alasia area of the state.
He allegedly started engaging in the incestuous relationship
with Titi about two years ago.
However, the bubble burst on May 6, 2016, when Titi raised
the alarm, drawing the attention of neighbours when her father allegedly wanted
to molest her again. The neigbours reported the matter to the police, leading
to his arrest.
It was gathered that Titi’s sister had fled home when
Ogundele requested to check her private parts to know if she had been growing
pubic hairs.
During a chat with our correspondent, Titi said her father
raped her whenever her stepmother was not at home, adding that he had raped her
on five occasions
Titi said, “My sister and I lived with daddy, but she left
home sometime in 2014. That time, daddy called us and said our mother directed
him to check the hair on our private parts. We refused and called our mother on
the telephone. She said she did not tell him anything of such. My sister fled
home since then and had not come back.
“One day, he took me out, telling my stepmother that she
wanted to buy books, bags and clothes for me. I was very happy. But he took me
to his friend’s house somewhere in Mushin and raped me there. I have never
experienced it before. He was the one that deflowered me. After that time, he
raped me four times in our house when my stepmother was not around. There was a
time that he sneaked into where I was sleeping in the night and raped me.
“In the morning of the day he was arrested, I told him that
what he was doing was bad and that he should stop, but he did not listen. He
beat me up when I did not allow him to have sex with me and that was how people
knew about it.”
Ogundele, who was initially reluctant to speak with PUNCH
Metro on the incident, later faulted Titi’s claim, saying, he only had sex with
her once.
He said, “It is a lie. I only slept with her once. I have
realised my mistake and I promise I won’t make it again.”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa
Adejobi, confirmed the incident. He said Ogundele had been transferred to the
state police command headquarters in Abeokuta for further investigation.
He said, “The suspect was arrested for raping his daughter.
He is in police custody in Abeokuta for further investigation. He will be
charged to court after investigation.”
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