68-yr-old arrested for raping 15-yr-old daughter, friends

The police in Lagos has arrested a 68-year-old man, Yisha Showunmi for allegedly raping his 15-year-old daughter and her two friends.

In a statement on Sunday, the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Bala Elkana, said Showunmi’s daughter reported that he had been having sexual intercourse with her for over three years, adding that her two friends, who stayed with them, were also sexually assaulted by her father.

Showunmi, according to Elkana, confessed to the crime when he was arrested.

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Elkana said: “On Thursday, June 27, 2019, around 2pm, the 15-year-old victim (name withheld) reported a case of defilement at the Imota Police Station against her father, one Yisah Showunmi, 68. The victim alleged that her father had been having sexual intercourse with her for the past three years.

“She further alleged that when her two friends (names withheld), aged 15 and 16, came to stay in their house, her father also had sexual intercourse with them. She added that the last incident happened on June 23, 2019. The suspect confessed to the crime. He has been charged to court.”

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