An incestuous father, Folorunsho Oluwaseun, who allegedly turned his 17-year-old daughter into a sex object, \u00a0was on Friday granted a reprieve by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n
Oluwaseun was released on N300,000 bail with two sureties in like sum after he pleaded not guilty to the charge.<\/p>\n
The 51-year-old electrician, who resides at 40, Popoola St., Offin in Ikorodu, \u00a0Lagos State, is facing a charge of rape.<\/p>\n
Police Prosecutor Clifford Ogu told the court that the accused committed the offence between Aug. 8, 2016, and April 2017 at his residence.<\/p>\n
Ogu said the accused, who has separated from his wife since 2013, was awarded the custody of his three children including the girl.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe girl wrote in her statement to the police that any time she refuses her father\u2019s sexual advances, he would not give her and her siblings food,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe girl narrated her ordeal to her mother when she visited them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe woman reported the case to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team at Ikeja and the case was brought to the Police station.\u201d<\/p>\n
The offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).<\/p>\n
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Taiwo Akanni, adjourned the case until June 5 for a mention.<\/p>\n
(NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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