My father impregnanted me, gave me money to to abort the baby - Daughter

A 19-year-old girl over the weekend, revealed how her 61-year-old father had been sleeping with her since last year, in their Ikorodu residence.

It was gathered that the suspect, Eke Kanu, asked his wife to leave after a misunderstanding between them. Two of her siblings: a boy and a girl, also left with their mother, leaving only the victim, who is the second child with him.

The girl revealed that her father started the evil act last tear, adding that, every time he slept with her, he would warn her to keep silent or face his wrath.

“During the lockdown, I discovered I was no longer menstruating and I told my father. When a test was conducted, I was discovered to be pregnant”.

“He took me to a chemist who procured abortion for me. She gave me some drugs and injections”, she stated.

It was learnt that a resident who got to know of the abortion, contacted the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, which immediately reported the matter to the Police. Consequently, Kanu and the auxiliary nurse were apprehended.

The survivor, according to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Elkana Bala, “was taken to Mirabel Center for medical attention and forensic examination, while her father was taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution”.

The auxiliary nurse, as gathered, would be going to court, to hear her bail conditions.