A 16-year-old girl (name withheld) has narrated to an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Lagos, how her 43-year-old biological father (name withheld) repeatedly defiled.

According to a report, a teenager, who was led in evidence by Lagos State counsel, Ms Bukola Okeowo, said that the alleged defilement started after her mother relocated to South Africa in 2014.

According to the teenager, her father had been having sex with her since she was 14 years.

The survivor said that her father told her that the “Holy Spirit” instructed him to have sexual intercourse with her.

“I was 14 years old when the incident happened. It started with him touching my body.

“When I noticed this, I moved away my body from him. I told my twin brother about it the following morning, but he did not believe me.

“The next day, he had sex with me. I could not shout nor do anything because my father threatened me,” the survivor told the court.

She testified that her father continued to defile her even after they relocated to Badore, Ajah, Lagos State.

“At this point, it became an issue because he had sex with me almost every time on a beach.”

“There was a night he woke me up and told me that Holy Spirit told him to have sex with me and when he realised I was not ready to submit myself, he forcefully had sex with me.

“There was also a time my father had issues with his girlfriend. He woke me up and took me to the kitchen to have sex with him.

“I did not make any sound because he threatened to kill me – the reason I could not tell my mother.”

She testified that her father later took her and her twin brother to his girlfriend’s residence in the Chevron area of Lekki, Lagos State, to live with her, adding that he still had sex with her (survivor) there.

She said that her father asked her to pack out of his girlfriend’s house one midnight but she objected and neighbours waded in.

“I saw him at my back at midnight telling me to pack my things and leave the house that day.

“As I was packing, I was scared he might have sex with me again; so, I locked the door from inside,” she testified

The minor told the court that after interventions from the landlord and another old man, she opened the door.

“He took my bag and dragged me out. It was from there I started shouting for help.

“Some youths in the neighbourhood came out and confronted him, asking him where he wanted to take me to at that time of the night.

“He told them that I would not stay in that house again.

“It was at that time I told the other old man that my father had been having sex with me.”

The survivor said the old man called the estate chairman the following morning.

“The man asked if I wanted to pursue the case and I told him, ‘Yes.’

She said that she also told her father’s girlfriend about the alleged defilement in April 2021 and she connected with her mother on Facebook and informed her about the alleged crime.

She said that her father and mother communicated with each other once in a while and mostly ended up in a fight.

“The case was later reported at Langbasa Police Station in Ajah. After that, it was transferred to the state command.

I later went to the Gender Section of the state police command and they took me to Mirabel Medical Centre where tests were carried out on me.

“I also went to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Agency (DSVRA) for counselling,” she said.

While responding to questions from defence counsel, Mr Buhari Momoodu, the teenager testified that she was once defiled before her father had canal knowledge of her.

She also said that she did not have any quarrel with her father.

“But he said we were not peaceful; that was the reason he took us to his girlfriend’s place.

“I saw my father as a role model before, because people respect him. He always prays; sometimes, he wakes us up at midnight to pray.

Another witness, Dr Oyedeji Alagbe, a forensic examiner at the Mirabel Centre, told the court that he carried out medical examinations on the survivor on June 28, 2021.

He said that his findings showed no fresh injuries on the vagina but showed that the survivor had repeated forceful vaginal penetration.

Justice Ramon Oshodi adjourned the case until June 6 for the continuation of the trial.

MadamVanessa:


You're fun of saying this. I know it's hurtful when things like this happen, as such, our emotions drives us to say things that sound so stupid on ears.


Darling, deep down you , you know that not all men are paedophile, pervert, animal or whatever demeaning names you may call them.


You're always one sided with your judgement. I have never seen you condemned any evil done by women, it's only men you talk much about, and I hardly see my fellow girls here condemned any evil done by women, but under this thread you'll see men condemning this action of their fellow man, that makes them so different from us and that's the reason I like them regardless of their endless insult on women.

My account have been called catfish account severally because I am not the type that when my gender does wrong I tried to.justifies it, but when a male gender does wrong I carry it on my head like galla. I said it the way it is . It was on this ground that I discovered that nairaland has been structured in such a way that if a girl go against a fellow girl action and condemn such action, nairalanders both male and female will see such account as a fake account owned by a man.

saphiere:


Dear mothers please stop leaving your daughters with these animals.

MadamVanessa:





You're fun of saying this. I know it's hurtful when things like this happen, as such, our emotions drives us to say things that sound so stupid on ears.


Darling, deep down you , you know that not all men are paedophile, pervert, animal or whatever demeaning names you may call them.


You're always one sided with your judgement. I have never seen you condemned any evil done by women, it's only men you talk much about, and I hardly see my fellow girls here condemned any evil done by women, but under this thread you'll see men condemning this action of their fellow man, that makes them so different from us and that's the reason I like them regardless of their endless insult on women.

My account have been called catfish account severally because I am not the type that when my gender does wrong I tried to.justifies it, but when a male gender does wrong I carry it on my head like galla. I said it the way it is . It was on this ground that I discovered that nairaland has been structured in such a way that if a girl go against a fellow girl action and condemn such action, nairalanders both male and female will see such account as a fake account owned by a man.

DKM123:
I wonder why the men are angry that Saphiere is bringing a FEW REAL LIFE STORIES OF RAPE to the front page.

WHY EXACTLY IS IT BITING NAIRALAND MEN?

Don't bring stories of Nigerian men killing people everyday? Don't Cultist update bring stories of Nigerian men killing thier fellow cultist everyday? So why are Nigerian men fighting so hard to gag Saphiere from bringing A FEW stories (compared to the NUMEROUS ones happening EVERYDAY) of evil Nigerian men raping thier daughters and other people's little daughters to front page? Is it guilty conscience killing you people or what?
You people can't stop her from calling out rapist. Infact the insults will motivate her the more and I like that about her.

DEATH TO ALL RAPIST AND RAPE APOLOGIST!

Tufiakwa!

saphiere:
What is wrong with men of these days?

Penguin2:
Sweet 16.

She must have been too sweet for the man to stop

Cubalabloo:
Will u keep quiet?

decatalyst:
It is finished!

saphiere:
This is wickedness.

Dear mothers please stop leaving your daughters with these animals.

Candidlady:
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For shame




Why telling her to keep quiet .. you bkoddy rapist.. your days are numbered like pages in the Bible!

Candidlady:



Trash

Made for both MENtals and females?.. but how come yall deMENted beings won't stop preying on females! Let live in peace and harmony!! ... But idoubt if your gender can go a day without unleashing mayhem on the endangered species


Incompetent sons of Adam gooodharddick

saphiere:
Once I launch my foundation which is targeted at handling rape cases, I swear I will become a nightmare to Nigerian men. Fly wer no d hear word de follow dead body enter grave. If it means taking a life with my own hands I swear to God I will do it and damned the consequences. I am fed up.
Nigerian men making rape a norm.

KhalaKuta:

Women are useless to the world anyway, without women,i bet men would have created something like and incubator to reproduce their kind,and don't tell me about been a helper,helper in destroying a man life, just like eve did to Adam,olosho werey you, dey disguise

KhalaKuta:

Women are useless to the world anyway, without women,i bet men would have created something like and incubator to reproduce their kind,and don't tell me about been a helper,helper in destroying a man life, just like eve did to Adam,olosho werey you, dey disguise

KhalaKuta:

Resist the urge to shalaye,thats what the white men wrote on paper,to make you snakes feel important,chromosome ko locomotive ni

BloomingDale:


You have been warned. God is a black woman.

LokoH:
Which story do you expect from Saphiere ?

An unmarried woman who is above 50 ?

Iya ndagbe