Punch correspondent
gathered that Iwuanyanwu, who was a company driver living on Anuoluwapo Street
in the estate, was arrested on Wednesday after the matter was reported at the
Ajao Estate Police Division. It was learnt that the victim had been taken into
custody by the Lagos State Government.
It was gathered that Iwuanyanwu had also allegedly beaten
his daughter and wife, warning them not to disclose the incident to anyone. It
was learnt that Priscilla’s mother, however, informed her family members on
Wednesday, who went to the girl’s school to confirm the story from her.
The case was thereafter reported to the state Ministry of
Youth and Social Development, which informed the police.
A neighbour of the Iwuanyanwus, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said the victim was the first child of the family, adding that the
father had allegedly confessed to the crime.
She said, “The man is a driver and the girl is his first
child. None of us knew anything about the incident until he was arrested. The
only thing we saw was that the man beat up his wife and daughter late in the
night on Tuesday.
“The girl was pregnant and the father tried to hide it. It
was her school that informed the Lagos State Government.
“The girl confessed that it was her father who raped and
impregnated her. The Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development
alerted the police and the man was arrested.
“The suspect did not deny that he impregnated the girl. He
knew the government was involved and he had no hiding place. We learnt he told
the police that his wife did not allow him to have s*x with her and he yielded
to the temptation of raping his daughter.
“The girl’s mother told her family members, who then went to
her school. They did not know the school authorities would get the ministry
involved. The matter was also reported to some child rights workers in the
Oshodi area.”
Punch
correspondent learnt that Priscilla’s mother allegedly took the 15-year-old to
a place where the pregnancy was aborted.
The pregnancy was said to have been aborted before she was
rescued and taken into custody by government officials.
Punch Metro learnt that the police arrested Priscilla’s
mother on Thursday for involvement in the alleged abortion.
The Coordinator, Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team,
Lagos State, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the victim was safe in government’s
custody.
She said, “Social workers have rescued the victim. She is
now at an orphanage provided by the state government. We have also called for
the duplicate case file. The girl’s mother was arrested for allegedly aborting
the pregnancy. The police may grant her bail on the grounds that she has a
four-year-old boy.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, confirmed the incident, adding that investigation was ongoing.
She said, “The man raped and impregnated his daughter, while
the mother also procured abortion for her. The Commissioner of Police, Fatai
Owoseni, has ordered that the case be transferred to the gender unit of the
command for investigation. The girl is placed in a shelter because we cannot
afford to see her go back to that vicinity.”
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