A Karu, Abuja, Upper Area Court has remanded 42-year-old Rufua Alabi
in prison custody after he was arraigned for impregnating his
16-year-old daughter.
The prosecutor, Cpl Pascal Njoku told the court that Alabi of Kurudu
Village, Abuja, committed the offence sometime last year, following
which the daughter was carrying a six-months-old pregnancy for him.
He said that the girl’s mother, Bose reported the matter at the
Jikwoyi Police Station, after she found out that her daughter was
pregnant and that Bose took her daughter to the hospital where a doctor
confirmed that she was pregnant.He said the victim confessed to her
mother and the elder brother that her father was responsible for her
pregnancy.
“My father on many occasions, had sexual intercourse with me
when nobody was at home and warned me never to tell anybody about the
affair,” the girl [name withheld] revealed.
The offence is contrary to the Penal Code.The presiding judge, Alhaji
Umar Kagarko ordered that Alabi’s bail application come in form of a
motion and adjourned the case to July 3, for hearing.
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