Amoda Bola, a 49-year-old father, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for impregnating and practically turning her 14-year-old daughter to a commercial sex prostitute.
Also, it was alleged that Mr Bola received payment from five other men whom he invited to his house to defile her daughter. The men have been arrested.
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The suspects were arrested following complaint from the victim, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.
According to the police, the victim revealed in her confession that her father, whom she had been living with for some years, had been having carnal knowledge of her.
She added that the five others slept with her at different times on the invitation of her father.
The PPRO said, “The suspects are Ahmed Ogunkoya; Muyiwa Adeoye; David Solaja; Emmanuel Olusanya, and Joshua Olaniran. All the suspects have confessed having carnal knowledge of the 14-year-old girl and paid money to the father.
“The victim, whose mother had separated from the father years back, had been living with her father, who practically turned her into a commercial prostitute. She has been taken to a state hospital in Ishara-Remo, where it was confirmed that she is pregnant.
“The victim has insisted that her father is responsible for the pregnancy being the only person who slept with her within the period she got pregnant.”
Oyeyemi said the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti Humans Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigation and possible prosecution.
