15 year old girl defiled by father for virginity test

A 15 year old girl has been defiled by her 40 year old father who allegedly wanted to prove her virginity.

The man identified as Gbenga Taiwo, has been arrested by the police. The widower and his daughter live together in a rented apartment at Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos State.

It was gathered that the father had been dipping his fingers into her private parts thereby molesting her since she was 13.

The girl got tired of the molestation, and reported her father to their landlord who warned Taiwo to desist from the act.

He allegedly persisted which prompted the girl to report him to her uncle recently.

While the uncle was trying to handle the case discreetly, a neighbour got wind of it and escalated it.

We learnt that the matter was reported at the Ipaja Police Station and Taiwo was arrested last Saturday.

Mr Ebenezer Omejalile, the Coordinator of a child rights group following up on the case, Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, said that Taiwo claimed to have suspected Folake of going out with men and decided to conduct “a virginity test” on her with his finger.

He said,

“The girl said she had been constantly abused by her father since she was 13. He is about 40 years old and a retired electricity worker.

Before the intervention of the girl’s maternal uncle, one Mr Alagba, the girl got tired of the wickedness of her father and informed their landlord who confronted the father to stop the evil act and he let him know the consequence of his action.

But the suspect turned a deaf ear to it and kept doing it to the extent that whenever he was on night duty, he went to the office with the girl.

The man claimed that he saw some pictures on his daughter’s phone and suspected that she was wayward. He said he did not have sex with her but only used his finger to check if she is a virgin or not.”