A man identified as Ganiyu Aikore, has impregnated his 17-year-old daughter and attempted to abort the pregnancy in the Mokola Isale Tapa neighborhood of Abeokuta, Ogun state.
According to a police source, Aikore allegedly sought a neighboring pharmaceutical store to obtain what was assumed to be abortion pills after realizing that he had pregnant his daughter.
The victim felt the pills her father gave her were intended to abort the 23-week-old pregnancy, so she confided in some community members, who in turn reported the situation to the community’s chairman.
The chairman took the daughter to the Adatan Police Division to file complaints against her father.
While confirming the incident, the spokesman of the police command, Omolola Odutola, said preliminary investigation showed that Aikore had been having carnal knowledge of his daughter for years.
“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,” she confirmed via a WhatsApp message on Wednesday