Church Member Defiles 9-year-old
A man told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a man named Adetula Blessing allegedly defiled his nine-year-old daughter.
Led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel B.T Boye, the victim’s father told the trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi, that the defendant, who happened to be a church member, did defile his daughter while living with him.
“He is a church member. I know him from church
“I accommodated him in my house at the time of the alleged incident because the work he was doing is near my house, and he can’t be going and coming every day from his own house,” he said.
The witness, the survivor’s father, who works with an ocean oil company, confirmed to the court that he has three children, two boys and one girl, and his wife is a teacher.
“My daughter was nine years old when the incident happened, but she is 14 years now
“She was born on February 9, 2011 and her birth certificate was summited to the police”, he added.
He said the alleged incident happened on his wife’s birthday, and he wasn’t at home on that very day,
“ I was at work, but my wife was at home. It was my wife’s birthday
“My wife left home very early to go to the Ikotun market to get something. Before she came back, something happened.”
He added that his wife overheard his daughter and son arguing and saying
“Tell mummy what happened, tell mummy what happened. “
My wife overheard them and asked what happened, and my daughter told her that the defendant, Blessing put something under her, his penis.
The witness further told the court that he instructed his wife to report the case to the police
“My wife called me and told me I asked her to report to the police; the police took my daughter to Mirabel. I followed them, and they ran some tests on my daughter.”
Justice Rahman Oshodi subsequently adjourned to March 12, 2025 for a cross-examination of PW1
