Man impregnates daughter three times, said he didnt know it was an abomination

The Edo State Police Command has arreste a 37-

year-old man, one Augustine Obodeke, for repeatedly

sleeping with his 17-year-old daughter (Favour),

impregnating her three times.

Sunday Sun reports that the bubble finally burst,

when the daughter became pregnant the third time

and was unwilling to go for abortion.

According to a police report, the girl had cried out to

neighbours, who then presented the case to the

Ugbowo Police Station in Benin City.

Acting on the recount, the police arrested Obodeke

and has since detained him.

Narrating her ordeal, Favour said her father started

having sexual intercourse with her after the death of

her mother.

“He first impregnated me and we went for abortion.

My father impregnated me the second time and I

went for another abortion. He had arranged a doctor

at Uselu who has been doing the abortion.

“My father impregnated me the third time and told

me that we should go for another abortion but I ran

out of the house. He then threatened to deal with

me if I told anybody what has been happening

between us.

“I have to cry out early in the morning which

prompted our neighbours to intervene. Since my

mother was late, anytime my father requested for

sex, I felt I had no choice than to allow him have

sex with me”, Favour explained.

In his own account, Obodeke accepted that 

he had been sleeping

with his daughter and

had impregnated her

thrice.

He, however, attributed

it to the death of his

wife and his inability to

remarry.

“It is true that I have

been having sex with

my own daughter.

When she became

pregnant the first time,

I took her to one of my

doctors at Uselu

Quarters who

terminated the

pregnancy.

“I impregnated her the

second time and I took

her to the same doctor

who terminated the

pregnancy again. It

was when I

impregnated her the

third time that she

refused to follow me to

the doctor for the

abortion.

“I decided to be having sex with my daughter

because my wife is late and I have not remarried. I

decided to enjoy my own daughter by having sex

with her.

“I want my daughter to forgive me because I have

sinned against her. Nobody told me that what I was

doing to my daughter was an abomination. I

thought I was enjoying the sex with my daughter”,

he said.

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Foluso

Adebanjo, said the man was arrested on November

22, 2013.

He further explained that the doctor who terminated

the first pregnancies was still at large, assuring that

the suspect would soon be charged to court.