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Man Rape Daughter to Get a Job

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11 years ago

March 6, 2014

A 42-year-old father, Pedro Anegbe, has told an
Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court that a spirit asked him to
rape his 15-year-old daughter to get a job. He said the
voice ordred him to rape the girl shortly after he lost his job
and was idle at home. Anegbe was arraigned on two counts
for defiling his 15-year-old daughter (name withheld) at
their home on Ifelodun Street, Fatolu Ipaja, Lagos State.
The Investigating Police Officer, Sergeant Bakare
Murtala, told the court his findings in the course of
investigation. Murtala said, “The defendant is the biological
father of the girl. She told us her father had sexually
harassed her. We questioned him on his daughter’s allegation
and he confessed to the crime. He said he had raped her
twice.” The magistrate, Olanrewaju Olatunji, asked Anegbe
why he raped his own daughter. The father of three said, “I
am actually living with my wife and three children. I have
two girls and a boy. She is my first born. I have had sex
with her just two times. The first was on January 27, 2014.
But I cannot remember the date of the second one.” On
how it all began, he said, “I did it because I thought it was
God talking to me, but later I knew it was an evil spirit.
The voice said I needed power. To get the power, the
voice said I must damage some things. “I started destroying
the clutch and brake of the vehicle I was given to drive.
Then the voice told me I should stop delivering money to
the owner of the vehicle after each day’s work. I stopped
and I was sacked. “I became idle after I lost my job. The
voice came again, saying I should have sex with my
daughter or else I would not get another job. That was why
I slept with her.” However, despite his admission, the
defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge of rape. He also
told the court that he wanted his case tried at the High
Court. Olatunji said, “You have confessed that you raped
your daughter, why then did you still say you were not
guilty of the crime after the charge was read to you? Don’t
you understand the charge or what is the problem?” “I am
just forcing myself to talk, because the voice said I should
not say anything,” Anegbe said. His defence counsel, Rasaq
Adeyemi, citing Section 115 of the Law of Lagos State,
Nigeria, 2011, prayed the court to admit him to bail in liberal
terms since he was still presumed innocent until proven
guilty by the court. In his ruling, the magistrate said, “This
is a bailable offence, but it is a family matter. The defendant
is to be remanded in prison pending legal advice from the
Directorate of Public Prosecution.” The matter was
adjourned till April 4, 2014.