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I slept with my daughter to verify her virginity, man tells court

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Father remanded in prison custody for defiling teenage daughters at knifepoint

A night guard, Wasiu Orilonise, on Thursday told a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Iwo road, Ibadan that he slept with his 15-year-old daughter to verify her virginity.

Wasiu, who was acused of defiling his daughter, made the statement before he was sentenced to a remand in Agodi, Ibadan prison custody.

The accused was arraigned on a one-count charge of having carnal knowledge of his daughter, with Charge‎ No. Mi/271c/2019.

The prosecutor, Mr. Sunday Ogunremi, told the court that the accused, in December 2018, at Omo Village, Agbofieti, Ibadan, in the Ibadan magisterial district, did rape one Orilonise Adenike without her consent.

Ogunremi‎ said the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 34, Subsections 1 and 2 of the Child Rights Law of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2006.

No plea was‎ however taken during the arraignment.

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When the Chief Magistrate, Mr Taiwo Olaniran, sought to know from the accused what could have pushed him into defiling his biological daughter, Orilonise said that since he lost his wife a few years ago, he had been taking care of Adenike and her other siblings.

He said he committed the act in an attempt to protect his daughter.

Orilonise said that the incident happened as he was “trying to ascertain if Adenike had lost her virginity”, adding that upon discovering that his daughter was still intact, he started having sex regularly with her both in the morning before she leaves for school and at night.

The magistrate berated fathers who were fond of sexually abusing their daughters and other under-aged girls, saying they were only allowing the devil to use them to destroy the society.

He, however, ordered that the accused be remanded in Agodi Prison pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and adjourned the case till July 30, 2019.

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