A 42- year- old man Segun Oderinde impregnated his 16- year- old daughter in Oyo state , last year and today, they have a child – a bouncing baby boy Moses Okiki Bolutiwatife . This means that Oderinde is the father and grandfather of his daughter ’s baby
! The name , Boluwatife, means ‘As God wills ’ , but is it really the will of God for a man to sire a child through his own biological daughter ? Okiki also means ‘ fame ’ but is it this kind of fame the little baby would have wished himself?
This is the strange thing that has happened in the Oderinde family in Gboro Compound , Igbeti , Olorunsogo Local Government area of Oyo State. The teenage mother narrated her story thus:
“ I was living with my mother until 2013 when my father asked me to come and live with him. On December 25 , 2013, my father woke me up and asked to remove my clothes but I refused . He drew a cutlass and threatened to kill me if I did not do his bidding . Afraid , I removed my clothes and he forcefully had sex with me . He was the first man to sleep with me because I had never had sex before then .“ The following day , I reported to one of his two wives who was a nurse and she promised to ask him , but I don’ t know whether she eventually did . In March , 2014 , he did the same thing again and I ran to his second wife’ s house and reported to her . She asked me to swear to an oath with a bible but I refused since I knew I was saying the truth. I started sleeping in her apartment .
“ In April , he came to tell me to return to his apartment to do some things for him but I refused to go .
His wife however put pressure on me to answer my father’ s call since he wanted me to do some things for him at home . I followed him after much pressure.
“ Unfortunately for me , on Saturday preceding Easter celebration, precisely on April 18 , he had sex with me again . All the while, I did not know I was pregnant. I had my last menstruation in December 2013 .
“ My stepmother suspected I was pregnant and took me to one Mrs Aremu who confirmed the pregnancy .
The case was reported at the police station and I started living with my paternal grandfather until I fell into labour . My mother wanted the pregnancy to be aborted but the doctor said he could not do it .
“ After I was delivered of the baby and my grandfather was told that the baby has a striking resemblance with my father, he ran away and has not been seen since then .
“ Since the confirmation of the pregnancy , the DPO and the DCO were the ones who purchased baby things and other items that I would need during and after delivery. They also paid my hospital bill. I now stay with my mother and she is helping me to take care of the baby . ”
The girl appealed to members of the public to come to her aid so that her education would not be stalled. “ I want to return to school . I was in JSS 2 when this happened but I don’ t want it to mark the end of my academic pursuit , ” the girl said .
Source:Nigeriacamera
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