The Police in Ogun State have arrested a man, Idowu Owolabi, 45, for having carnal knowledge of his 21-year old daughter (name withheld).
The suspect who lives with the victim was arrested following a complaint by the victim who reported at Oja-Odan Divisional headquarters that sometime in March 2018 she followed her father to the farm at Fagboun Village and at the farm her father forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.
She revealed further that since then, he has been having sex with her and threatening to kill her if she tells anybody about it.
Following her complaint, 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 married to 3 different women confessed to the commission of the crime but blamed it on the devil.
Meanwhile, the state 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 prosecution of the suspect.
