l slept with my daughter only once—Father

A 19-year-old lady, Fatima Usman has revealed that her 52-year-old father Usman Momoh took her virginity at age 12 on the floor in their kitchen in Owo area of Ondo state.

Fatima had in a viral video said that her father had been sleeping with her ever since while her mother refused to do anything whenever she reported to her.

Victim narrates her ordeal Speaking with newsmen, the victim said, “he normally woke me up in the middle of the night in our room and would take me to the kitchen to have sex with me.

She pointed out that anytime her father woke her in the middle of the night and she refused, she would sleep outside their apartment till daybreak while her mother wouldn’t show concern to ask for the cause of her action.

Fatima who just finished her Senior Secondary school explained that her father had made it a tradition to sleep with her before paying her school fees or fending for her needs.

Jemila said her father once woke her up in the middle of the night and attempted to sleep with her but she refused and reported to her mother who scolded him not to try such again.

The suspect attempted suicide—Victim’s aunt The victim’s aunt, Mrs Diamond, said the suspect, who is a gardener at the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, attempted suicide immediately after he confessed to the crime before his arrest “He bought all the items for the ritual and they were taken to the village with a warning that the girl would never live under the same roof with him”.

l slept with my daughter only once—Suspect Fatima’s father, Usman Momoh has admitted sleeping with his daughter but only once.

Bola Ogundadegbe told journalists that Momoh’s prosecution rested with the police after conducting an investigation Ogundadegbe said the victim would be given psychological counselling to enable her to come out of her current state of depression.

She needs our support morally because she is not stable”, she said

The case won’t be swept under the carpet- Police

Police spokesperson, Tee Leo Ikoro said that the suspect has been rearrested noting that “this wasn’t the type of case that could be swept under the carpet. We will do everything possible within our means and legally to ensure that the man is prosecuted and the outcome will be known to everybody because I have listened to the girl and I think it’s pathetic.