I raped my daughter to protect her, 37-year-old guard tells court

An Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iwo-Road on Thursday ordered that a 37-year-old night guard, Wasiu Orilonise, be remanded in Agodi , Ibadan Prison custody after confessing, and telling the court that he raped his 15-year-old daughter in an attempt to protect her.

The accused was arraigned on a one-count charge of having carnal knowledge of his daughter, with Charge‎ No. Mi/271c/2019

The prosecutor, Mr. Sunday Ogunremi, told the court that the accused, in December 2018, at Omo Village, Agbofieti, Ibadan, in the Ibadan magisterial district, did rape one Orilonise Adenike without her consent.

Ogunremi‎ said the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 34, Subsections 1 and 2 of the Child Rights Law of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2006.

When the Chief Magistrate, Mr Taiwo Olaniran, sought to know from the accused what could have pushed him into defiling his biological daughter, Orilonise said that since he lost his wife a few years ago, he had been taken care of Adenike and others siblings