A man was last Wednesday alleged to
have slept with his 16 -year-old daughter (names withheld) at Yimi village in
Zuba, Gwagwalada Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
A resident said the incident
happened at about 9:34 p.m. when the father went into one of the rooms where
his children were sleeping, woke up his daughter and took her into his bedroom.
In the bedroom, the father ordered
his daughter to remove her clothes and allegedly raped her, another resident of
the area told City News at the weekend.
The resident said the man threatened
to kill the girl if she told her mother what he did to her. He said the
following morning, however, the mother discovered that the girl was bleeding
and decided to find out what went wrong with her but that she refused to talk
despite efforts by even other members of the family.
The resident said the mother
immediately invited members of the vigilante at Zuba, who came to interrogate
her before she opened up that her father raped her.
“The girl and the mother were taken
to the vigilante office at Zuba. The father also joined them at the office,
where the matter was tabled,” the resident said.
He said the father admitted sleeping
with his daughter during interrogation by the vigilantes but that some elders
of the community intervened in the matter and later took the girl to hospital
for treatment.
Our reporter learnt that the
estranged father divorced his wife after the Inbreeding incident became public
but the elders waded in to resolve the matter.
A member of the vigilante in the
area, who craved anonymity, confirmed the incident, saying the matter was
resolved at their office after some elders intervened.
“In fact, the girl was taken to a
private hospital at Zuba, where she was treated and discharged,” he said.
Meanwhile, the vigilante disclosed
that another man was also arrested on the same day for allegedly defiling an
8-year-old girl at Minister’s Hill area of Zuba.
He said the incident happened after
the accused lured the girl, who was hawking bean cakes (akara) into his room,
saying it was some neighbours that raised alarm before members of the vigilante
rushed to the place to arrest the accused.
“The man lured the girl after he
bought all her akara and asked her to follow him to the room for her money,
amounting to N600.
About 30 minutes later when the girl
did not come out, a neighbour suspected foul play and went into the room only
to meet the man Unclad,” he said.
The vigilante disclosed that the
accused was later handed over to the policemen at an outpost, opposite Zuba
Motor Park.
He said the girl was taken to a hospital by some relatives.
Efforts to get the reaction of the
Zuba Divisional Police Officer over the two incidents were not successful, but
a police officer confirmed them, saying the cases were still under
investigation.
Source: DailyTrust
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