A 40-year-old father and widower, Gbenga
Taiwo, has been arrested for allegedly defiling
his 15-year-old daughter under the pretense of
testing her virgin
According to reports, Taiwo who is a widower,
lived in a rented apartment at Baruwa, Ipaja area
of Lagos State with his daughter. He allegedly
started molesting his daughter when she was 1
years old.
The Coordinator of a child rights group,
Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons
Network, Ebenezer Omejalile, who has been
following up with the case, told City Round that
the victim got tired of the abuse and reported to
her landlord who cautioned her father but he
refused to stop.
“The girl said she had been constantly abused
by her father since she was 13. He is about 40
years old and a retired electricity worker. Before
the intervention of the girl’s maternal uncle, one
Mr Alagba, the girl got tired of the wickedness
of her father and informed their landlord who
confronted the father to stop the evil act and he
let him know the consequence of his action
But the suspect turned a deaf ear to it and kept
doing it to the extent that whenever he was on
night duty, he went to the office with girl to
keep having her to his satisfaction. The man
claimed that he saw some pictures in his
daughter’s phone and suspected that she was
wayward. He said he did not have sex with her
but only used his finger to check if she is a
virgin or not.”
Family members of the suspect claim he is
mentally unstable and was checked into a
private rehabilitation center in Ise Oluwa
Hospital in Abeokuta, Ogun State in 2018.
Confirming his arrest, the spokesperson of the
state police command, Bala Elkana, said a test
would be carried out to determine the mental
state of the suspect.
