A 50-year-old man, ede Tyndale has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping his daughter for the past 8 years.
Tyndale, according to the police spokesman, Bala Elkana said his wife filed the complaint against him.
The daughter who is now 19-year-old was raped from the age of 11 years, according to the mother.
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Elkana said the alleged rapist instilled fear in his daughter not to tell anyone of her encounter.
“Trouble started when the woman noticed some strange behaviours from her daughter and decided to find out why the sudden disrespect towards her father,” he said.
“The survivor opened up to her mother that her father started having sexual intercourse with her when she was 11-years-old. That he often threatened violence whenever she resist(ed) him.
“The father instilled so much fear in her that she finds it difficult to report to anybody.”
The Police spokesman said Tyndale has been charged to court and the case has been fixed for June 16.
“After a thorough investigation into the case, the suspect was on 11/5/2020, charged before Chief Magistrate Court ll Ogba on five-count charges of incest, rape, sexual harassment, defilement and sexual assault,” Elkana said.
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