Man With Three Wives Rapes Daughter In Ogun

A Nigerian man with three wives identified as Idowu Owolabi, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police command for raping his daughter.

The 45-year-old man with three wives, who was accused of allegedly raping his 21-year-old daughter since last year, was arrested on January 28, 2019, following a complaint by the victim at the Oja-Odan Divisional Police Headquarters.

The Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest said in a statement;

“The victim reported that she followed her father to the farm at Fagboun village and the said father forcefully had carnal knowledge of her right there on the farm sometime in March 2018. She stated further that since then, her father had continuously been having unlawful carnal knowledge of her with a threat that he would kill her if she dared tell anybody about it.

“Upon the report, the DPO Oja-Odan, CSP Olayemi Jacob, led his detectives to the suspect’s residence, where he was promptly arrested.On interrogation, the suspect, who was said to be married to three different women, confessed to the crime but blamed it on the devil.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and possible prosecution of the suspect.


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