By Evelyn Usman, Kingsley Ndimele & Chioma Onuigwe
LAGOS—Emotions ran high Monday at the Lagos State Police Public Relations Office, Ikeja, after a 14-year-old girl told a crowd how she was impregnated by her 50-year-old father, resulting in her delivering a baby.

The teenager (names withheld), naively clung to her baby girl, while calling on the government to come to her aid concerning the well being of her five-day-old baby.

Already, the teenager and her father, Mr. Yerisu Onojobi, have been evicted from their Bogija village in Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos. The community considered the act sacrilegious.

In  the beginning

The girl, a Junior Secondary School I student, said her father, a farmer, started having carnal knowledge of her since December last year, after she returned from her aunt’s place following the death of her mother.

The abominable act continued until the bubble burst when Kehinde was discovered to be pregnant.

When news of his misdemeanour spread across the community, Mr. Yerisu, according to the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Samuel Jinadu, was sent packing from the village.

The Police spokesman said: “But he ran to Elemoro Police Division with a fictitious claim about his eviction, requesting for police protection. However, during investigation, the villagers said he had committed an abominable act against their tradition.”

Describing the act as deispicable, Jinadu said the suspect would be charged to court for defilement.

‘She tempts me’

Yerisu, however, shocked everyone when he said his daughter was after all not a virgin when he had carnal knowledge of her.

Although he later broke down in tears while regretting his action, he also blamed his daughter for always exposing herself to him whenever they were alone.