On Thursday, a minor,16-year-old girl, told the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Courts, Ikeja, that her father, Emmanuel Odega, 43, started defiling her when she was 14.
In his defence, the father allegedly claimed to be under the influence of a spirit.
During the examination-in-chief, the victim, while said the abuse started when her father started touching sensitive parts of her body.
She said, “When I noticed this, I moved away from him. I told my twin brother about it in the morning, but he shunned me and did not believe me.
“The next day, he had sex with me at night. I could not shout or do anything because he threatened me. He continued to do it after we moved from where we were and relocated to a wooden house at Badore, Ajah.
“At this point, it became an issue because he had sex with me almost every time on the beach.
“There was a night he woke me up and told me that the holy spirit told him to have sex with me. I thought he was pulling my legs, but when he realised that I was not ready to submit myself, he forcefully had sex with me.
“My father once had issues with his girlfriend, so he woke me up on the night of that day and led me into the kitchen to sleep with me. I dared not make any sound because he threatened to kill me, which was why I could not tell my mother.”
“He replied that he’s my father and I would not stay in his girlfriend’s house again. It was then I explained to the old man that my father had been having sex with me for almost one year,” the teenager said.
Meanwhile, According to the forensic examiner at the Mirabel Centre, Dr Oyedeji Alagbe, told the court that he carried out a medical examination on the minor on June 28, 2021.
“My findings showed no fresh injuries to the vagina, but several repeated forceful vagina penetration,” the doctor disclosed.
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