A Magistrate Court sitting in Idanre in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State Thursday ordered a 56-year-old man identified as Olubayode to be remanded in prison for impregnating his 16-year-old daughter.
The convict who was arraigned by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was said to have had sex with his daughter at their residence at Oke-Ijebu Street in Odode area of Idanre.
The convict was charged on a one-count charge of having incestuous behaviour with a 16-year-old girl.
The offence, according to the prosecutor was contrary to and punishable under sections 31(1) and 31(2) of the Ondo State Child’s Right law, 2007.
Olubayode pleaded not guilty to the charge on his first arraignment but he was later found guilty by the court.
The NSCDC prosecuting officer Mr. Ebriku David told the court that the victim and her boss came to report her father in the NSCDC’s office in Idanre, when it was discovered that the girl was pregnant.
According to him, the case was transferred to Akure division, where the victim informed the command that her father was responsible for the pregnancy.
David also told the court that the convict had earlier confessed at the NSCDC office that he committed the offence.
In her ruling, the magistrate, Mrs O.A Edwin said Olubayode was guilty of the offence and sentenced him to nine years imprisonment with hard labour without option of fine.
The magistrate said it was a shame and act of high immorality for the convict to be having an incestuous affairs with his own daughter.
