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45-yr-old man with 3 wives nabbed for raping 21-yr-old daughter
A 45-year-old man identified as Idowu Owolabi has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command after he allegedly raped his 21-year-old daughter.
According to Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer, who spoke during the parade of the suspect, Owolabi, who has three wives, has been involved in the act with his daughter since last year.
Oyeyemi said that following a complaint by the victim at the Oja-Odan Divisional Police Headquarters, the suspect was arrested on January 28, 2019.
She also added that the suspect and the victim were residents of the Papa Olosun area of Oja-Odan in the Yewa South Local Government Area of the state.
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The PPRO said, “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.
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