By Oluwatosin Maliki
A 17-year-old-girl has allegedly been impregnated by her father identified as Ganiyu Aikore in the Mokola Isale Tapa area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.
According to a police source on Wednesday, revealed that after the father of the young girl had discovered that he has gotten his daughter pregnant, Aikore visited a nearby pharmaceutical store to procure what was suspected to be abortion pills.
Consequently, the 17-year-old girl (name withheld) suspected that her father was about to terminate the pregnancy, she and other concerned residents in the area were said to have reported the case to the chairman of the community about the incident.
Hence, the chairman took the daughter to the Adatan Police Division to file complaints against the father.
The incident was confirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Omolola Odutola, saying that Aikore was suspected to have defiled his daughter, adding that the pregnancy was precisely 23 weeks.
The statement read, “We have arrested him. He was suspected to have been sexually involved with his teenage daughter for a very long time. The pregnancy is 23 weeks. We are conducting further investigation,” This was reportedly confirmed via a WhatsApp message on Wednesday.