A 14-year -old boy who was arrested for allegedly
having carnal knowledge with his three step
sisters of ages 10,5 and 2 at their Mafoluku,
Lagos residence, has accused his step mother as
the cause.
The teenager, (names withheld) whose parents
were separated when he was barely five years old,
was left in his father’s custody.
His father who remarried, has three children, all
girls, with his new wife.
The family was however taken aback when its
eldest daughter, (names withheld) reported to her
mother, Mrs Ihuoma Okey , that her step-brother
had been sleeping with her.
During questioning, Mrs Ihuoma, discovered that
the teenager had allegedly also been sleeping
with her two other daughters of ages five and two
years respectively.
She reported the matter at the Mafoluku Police
division, following which the suspect was
arrested. However, at the Gender Unit of the
Lagos State Police command, Ikeja, where the
case was transferred to, the teenager, according
to Police sources, accused his step -mother of
being the cause of his action. He was quoted to
saying that he was not told that the victims were
his siblings and that his step-mother was aware
of the deed all along.
Consequently, his step mother was arrested and
charged to court for negligence.
Vanguard also gathered that when the eldest
daughter was questioned, she revealed that she
had to open up to her mother when she
discovered that the suspect was also sleeping
with her sisters.
Mrs Ihuoma and her step-son were charged
before the Ogba Magistrate Court last Friday ,
where the prosecutor, Inspector Benson Emerhi,
requested the court to permit him to send the
case file to the Directorate of Public Prosecution,
DPP for advice.
His request was granted by the Presiding
Magistrate, Mrs. O. Sule-Amzat, who ordered that
the teenager be remanded in a juvenile home
without an option of fine, while the matter was
adjourned till 8th April, 2019, for the report of the
DPP to be available.
source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/teenager-arrested-for-raping-three-siblings-accuses-step-mum-as-cause/