A 48-year-old man, Adamu Ibrahim Umaru, who according to police is also facing an attempted murder case in Abuja, has been paraded by the Zone 6 Police Command in Cross River for allegation of defiling and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter.
The suspect was arrested on Friday based on petition by one Ms Aisha, the victim’s aunt.
The command spokesperson, SP Nelson Okpabi told Journalists in Calabar, upon parading the suspect, that “The personnel of the Zonal Human Rights Unit acting on a petition referred to the team for investigation, on November 15, apprehended Umaru.
The spokesman said that the petitioner had stated that she noticed the changes in the girl’s physiology and took her to the hospital where a test that was conducted confirmed her to be nine weeks pregnant.
The police said the victim in her statement, alleged her father, Umaru is responsible for the pregnancy. She added that her father started having illicit affairs with her in 2023 in a hotel located in Calabar and had threatened to kill her if she revealed this to anyone.
“She was further examined by a medical doctor in the Police hospital, Calabar and the result validated the earlier report submitted by her aunt. The manager of the hotel in his statement also admitted that he had seen the suspect severally with the victim in the hotel booking temporary accommodation, but never knew she was his daughter,” Okpabi said.
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While speaking with journalists, the suspect denied the allegation and appealed for him to be released to attend another urgent matter in an Abuja court.
“I am due to appear tomorrow in a court at Federal High Court in Abuja over murder charges and I did not even commit what is being alleged off against my daughter,” he appealed.
Although the suspect denied the allegation on interrogation and noted that he could not explain how his daughter got pregnant under his watch having separated from her biological mother years back.
By Godwin Otang, Calabar @The Nation
