Lagos Father Remanded for Raping Teenage Daughter

A 52-year-old man, Emmanuel Orekoya, has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his 17-year-old daughter.

The defendant was arraigned on two counts of unlawfully inserting his finger into the minor’s private parts and having carnal knowledge of her.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Osagiede Orobosa, told the court that the accused committed the crime sometime in 2017 at his residence on Jacob Adeleye Street, Odo-Eran, Itire, Lagos State.

The charges read in part, “That you, Emmanuel Orekoya, of Jacob Adeleye Street, Odo-Eran, Itire, within the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully have carnal knowledge of your daughter (name withheld) by inserting your manhood into her private parts, sometime in 2017, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

The defendant’s plea was not taken.

The Chief Magistrate, Folarin Williams, ordered that the accused be remanded pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

The matter was adjourned till January 16, 2023.