A 52-year-old man, Eze Chukwuma has been arraigned for repeatedly threatening to kill his daughters with knife if they refuse to continue having sex with him.
Chukwuma, a trader, allegedly defiled his 17-year-old daughter, and was on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court Lagos State.
He resides at Iyana-Era area of Ijanikin, and is facing a count charge of defilement.
The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, explained in the court that the defendant committed the offence sometimes in June 2016 at his residence.
According to Donny, the defendant had been forcefully having carnal knowledge of his daughters since their mother, his wife, died in February 2008.
The victim told the court that their father usually have his way with her and her younger sister, after threatening to stab her and himself with a knife.
The girl alleged that it was his father that “deflowered” her.
She said, “At night, my father will ask us to separate ourselves so that he could sleep with me, before going to have his way again with my younger sister.
Donny also told the court that the victim’s elder sister ran away from home because their father was always having sexual intercourse with her and she could no longer bear it.
The prosecutor said, “The case was reported to the police by a neighbour, who the girl confided in.”
He noted that the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
However, the Chief Magistrate, Mr Davies Abegunde, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000, with two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned until March 29 for trial.
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