50 Year Old Farmer, Accused of Raping his 14-year-old Daughter in Lagos

A 50-year-old farmer has pleaded "not guilty" to the charges for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter.

Yesiru Onajobi appeared before a Federal High Court, in Lagos yesterday standing trial on a two-count charge of unlawfully having carnal knowledge of his teenage daughter.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Person (NAPTIP) is prosecuting Onajobi who lives at Bogije Street, Ibeju  Lekki, Lagos State.

According to reports, the prosecutor said, the offence contravenes sections 13 (1) and 18 (a) of the Trafficking in Person (Prohibition) Law Enforcement Act 2003.

According to Vanguard report,

The trial judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, however, ordered the accused to be remanded at the Ikoyi prisons.

He adjourned the case to Oct. 21, for hearing of the bail application of the accused, and a motion challenging the court’s jurisdiction to hear the suit.

The accused was first arraigned before retired Justice Benedicta Molokwu of the FHC, sometime in September 2012. The case was, however, re-assigned to a new judge following the retirement of the judge.

The prosecutor told the court that the accused was arrested on January 20, 2010.

Prosecutor said after the death of his wife, the accused had engaged in the habit of sexually harassing his only daughter, kept in his custody, alleging that the accused intimidated and forcefully had carnal knowledge of the teenager, who eventually became pregnant.

Vanguard