Somethings you just can't deal. Now he and his step-daughter are shifting blames. A 40yrs old man, Victor Emafolomi, has been detained by the police for allegedly r*ping his wife’s daughter.
The suspect, who hails from Delta State, was apprehended on Sunday by the police from the Agbado division after the mother of the teenage girl reported the case.
The girl Keji (real name withheld) lived with her mother and Emafolomi on Olukososi Street, Jafa, Agbado, in Ifo area of Ogun State.
The man was said to have r*ped Keji on two occasions in October, threatening to kill her if she informed her mother.
It was claimed that the first time she was r*ped, Keji was at a shop where she's learning hairdressing within the community when her stepfather called her on phone to come and prepare lunch for him.
While she was cooking, Emafolomi reportedly descended on her and dragged her into the bedroom.
The teenage girl said, “
That afternoon, he was drunk. He beat me up when I resisted. I explained to him that he was like a father to me, but he didn’t listen. He used a pillow to cover my mouth and r*ped me. He said he would kill me if I told my mother about the r*pe.
“Two days after, he had s*x with me again. That evening, he beat me up because I insisted that I would tell my mother when she came back from work. He went out and came back with two men after about 30 minutes. The men stared at me and left. He said they would be monitoring my movement and that if I reveal what he did to me, they would kill me.”
The man left home after the second encounter and did not return until about two weeks later.
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Before the incident, he had warned a boy called Owolabi to stay away from me because he didn’t want us to have a relationship,” Keji added.
Keji’s mother, Taiwo, told Punch that she was abreast of the time her daughter usually menstruated, and that she became worried last Tuesday, October 24, when Keji did not do so.
“I took her to a clinic in our area and it was confirmed that she was pregnant. I begged her to tell me who impregnated her, but she refused,” Taiwo said.
After much pestering, Keji confided in her mother, who reportedly passed out afterwards.
"I was very shocked, but I could not fault the revelation because my husband had abandoned home for some days and there was no misunderstanding between us. I think it was because of what he did."
However, the man refuted the allegations, saying it was Owolabi, who impregnated Keji.He said, “I am a driver. I left home because my wife is stubborn; she doesn’t take corrections. I left home to punish her so that she would change for better.
“I never had s*x with her daughter and I didn’t know anything about the pregnancy. I don’t want it aborted. When she is delivered of the baby, we will carry out a DNA test on the baby.”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ambibola Oyeyemi, said the case would be transferred to the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation.
“The victim confirmed that the suspect had carnal knowledge of her several times and the pregnancy test conducted on her was positive,” he added.
