Ondo man rapes eight-year-old daughter

• The The 35-year-old accused was said to committed the offence at Ayedun Quarters, Akure, a few weeks ago.

One Mufutau Taiwo has been accused of defiling his eight-year-old daughter in Ondo State.

The The 35-year-old accused was said to have committed the offence at Ayedun Quarters, Akure, a few weeks ago.

Consequently, he was arrested on June 18, 2024 by policemen and charged to court on one count charge of rape.

He was arraigned before a Family Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the state capital.

The police prosecutor, Mr Martins Olowofeso, told the court that the defendant was apprehended following a report made to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the command at Alagbaka (Akure) that the defendant was involved in an incestuous act with his daughter.

The charge sheet reads, “That you, Mufutau Taiwo, 35, male, on June 5, 2024, at about 4 pm at No. 40 Egbe-Road, Ayedun Quarters, Akure, did have carnal knowledge of your daughter, (name withheld), female, aged eight years old, of the same address, and thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 25(a) of the Ondo State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law 2021.”

Olowofeso informed the court that the Investigating Police Officer conducted a test in Akure, which revealed that there was penetration into the victim’s private part and she had been bleeding for three days.

He added that the defendant had confessed to the alleged crime during interrogation by the IPO.

The prosecutor, through an application, urged the court to remand the defendant at the Olokuta Correctional Centre pending the issuance of advice from the Department of Public Prosecutions.

The counsel to the defendant, G.O. Omoedu, told the court that his client had just served and he would need time to respond on points of law, urging the court to adjourn the case to enable him to reply to the remand application.

In her ruling, the magistrate B. A. Alipohul ordered that the defendant should be remanded in police custody and adjourned the case till July 4, 2024, for a hearing.