Father impregnates 14 year old daughter
Bayelsa
By Abdulrasaq kehinde
A 38- year old man, Baridap Needman, replaced his deceased wife with his daughter on his matrimonial bed and impregnated his daughter in Bayelsa State at the Yenizue- Gene Suburb of Yenagoa.
Baridap Needman was arrested by police operatives in Bayelsa State, the state capital, following a formal complaint from the State Gender Advocacy Group, Gender Response Initiative Team GRIT led by Dise ogbise.
According to Dise Ogbise and Mrs. Mary Accrah Pekeowei, the government was tipped off by a concerned neighbor, who noticed that the victim was five months pregnant and the father was responsible for the pregnancy.
It was learned that the arrested man started violating his daughter when she was seven years by fingering her.
It was further gathered that while the 14- year - old girl was sleeping with her father on the bed, the two younger brothers were made to sleep on the floor.
The 14- year - old girl, a junior secondary school three student, allegedly impregnated by her father, reportedly told the police that she was in love with him.
However, police officers at the Ekeki police station, where the case was reported, were taken aback when the pregnant teenager declared that she was in love with her accused father.
Chairperson of the GRIT, Dise Ogbise, confirmed to Daily Planet in Yenagoa that the advocacy group will collaborate with the Ministry of Women Affairs to offer psycho-social support to the victim and ensure that she is well taken care of of until delivery.
The girl will be in government custody, and she needs to go back to school to fulfill her dream as a musician, and we will encourage her.
Mrs. Accrah Pekeowei also called on residents of the state to be vigilant and alert the GRIT and other Gender Advocacy Groups of any case of girl child violation or molestation in any form.
She said members of the public should always speak up and reach out to relevant authorities.
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