A 37-year-old man, Agu Echezona Harrison, who was arrested and arraigned on Friday before an Ikeja High Court, for allegedly defiling his six-year-old daughter claimed that it was a family affair and had nothing to do with outsiders.

The suspect was said to have inserted his fingers into the private parts of his young child over a period of time before the mother got to know about the abuse and reported to the police.


The prosecuting officer, Adebayo Haroun, had earlier told the court that Harrison who was arraigned on a one-count charge of sexual assault, had committed the offence between 2013 and 2015 at his residence at 23, Rotimi Omotosho Street, Isheri Osun.

Haroun said it was Harrison’s wife, Akukwe Priscilla, who reported the case to the police, saying that the accused was fond of touching the little girl’s private part.

According to Akukwe Priscilla, she noticed an offensive odour oozing out of her daughter’s private part with frequent whitish discharge. When she asked what happened to her, the girl reportedly replied that her father had been inserting his hand into her ‘bum bum’.

Priscilla continued: “When I took my daughter to a hospital, a test was conducted and the nurses confirmed that someone has been touching her. When I confronted him [Harrison], he denied it and I angrily went to his mother to report the matter. My mother-in-law told him to stop me from escalating the issue.


”After that, in December 2013, he raped my younger sister and also tried to deny it, not knowing I had taken my sister for a test at the hospital to check the drop of sperm found inside her.

”Since it was barely 24 hours that the rape happened, I forced him to go for a test also and he did. The hospital confirmed it was a match with the one on my sister. He immediately started begging and prostrating, saying that he was sorry.

”I had felt he was truly sorry but in 2014, I started noticing same discharge from my daughter. I had to leave the house with my kids, which he later came fighting for custody, especially for my little girl.”

Justice Sedotan Ogunsanya, in her ruling, said, “The act is so rampant in the society now. In the interest of justice, I demand accelerated hearing in this matter.”


The judge then declared that the defendant should be remanded in the Kirikiri Maximum Prison and adjourned the matter till November 20, 2017 for commencement of trial.

Meanwhile, Harrison who was angry that he had been taken to a court in the case, verbally attacked some journalists who were trying to get the facts of the matter from the court.

“I will sue you people, if you write anything about me. It is a family affair and, therefore, none of your business,” he said.

He further went ahead to pour a sachet of water on a reporter who tried to take his photograph, vowing to deal with all the pressmen present.

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2017/11/03/man-defiled-6-year-old-daughter-attacks-journalists-sachet-water-says-family-affair/amp/

Photo source: http://www.pressnewsng.com.ng/2017/11/man-arrested-for-defiling-his-6-yr-old.html

both the legislative arm of government and the judiciary arm of government are needed in curbing the crime of rape in our society. it is becoming so so rampant this day. the Lord will continue to help us.

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First, this guy should be confined to a psychiatric home where he would be taken care of for at least 5 years before sentencing him for life.

Remorsefulness and resolution isn't Repentance. This is just pathetic. This is evil!

I blame buhari on this
he has finished this country .

No single remorsefulness.

The effect of overstaying in an environment where rape is a norm.. ...

Come and try it in Igbo Land and watch Amadioha send you to the great beyond.

What a shameless he-goat. He should be arrested, prosecuted and sent to prison. And he should be barred from coming in contact with children after doing his time. Honestly Nigeria needs strong laws to curb the increasing spate of rape - child rape and adult rape.

Vutseck:
I blame buhari on this

he has finished this country
.

I know you're sensible, but sadly you're not making use of it today. Have you offended the gods ? or is it your new personality?

Family affair ko community business ni! Somebody wake me up

What a shameless man. Some men r just Wolves in sheep clothing.

V

this man need total cleansing# family affair

Family affair? This one is mad.

How is this our problem nah his family

i give up one humanity

Lock that demented ,good for nothing, not deserving to call a father for life
Death penalty would have been the best,cause they don't deserve to live among us.

Disgusting man, imagine the arrogance, it's a family affair, I will sue you people?
His hand should be cut off and he should castrated immediately before being arrested, since he uses both to do these disgusting things.

The wife is a useless and wicked witch, he raped your sister, there was evidence he raped her, he even confessed that he raped her, yet you didn't have him arrested, you forgave and continued to be married to him, just becuase you wanted to be a Mrs.

I feel for the sister and the daughter.

Life imprisonment loading....

Even wild animals would reject this one oh!

I know dem type

Mr. DADA's soldier relation, raping wife's junior sister

Oladipo1166:
How is this our problem
nah his family

Just shut up already, gosh?

All the blame should be tabled at the feet of the woman, why forgive a rapist in the form of a human being, the best thing would been for her to report the iidiot to police so as to serve as deterrent to anyone abhorring such thought.

Deliverance

Nawa o

NNAMDIII:
I know you're sensible, but sadly you're not making use of it today. Have you offended the gods ? or is it your new personality?

good,ask him i tink he is nt alright