A 40-year-old man, who allegedly impregnated his 12-year-old daughter, has promised to father the child if her daughter is delivered safely. Philip Ben, a native of Itam in Akwa Ibom State is being interrogated at the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos.
The suspect and his daughter (names withheld) accused each other of being the mastermind of the heinous act.
He shamelessly accepted responsibility to take care of the baby because his 'christian faith' forbids abortion, he also claimed the daughter seduced him.
'Giving a graphic account on how the incest started, the man confessed that, “one day, I came back from work and I met my daughter naked. As I was looking and admiring her, my manhood erected and I could not control myself anymore. I started caressing her but she did not resist me, so, we started the act.”
However the girl denied his and said her father drugged her by offering her a drink after which she became weak slept off and later realised she was being raped by her father. The daughter said her father had been sleeping with her since she was 10 and had sexual intercourse with her daily for two years and the last time was in March this year.
How will the12-year-old girl explain to her child that his father also the same person as his grandfather?There are many girl children out there being abused by their father or male relative, what do you advise is the best way to stop this abuse? In this case will an abortion be considered a sin before God?
