“I sent my daughter to go and fetch water. When she did not
come back on time, I sent her sister to fetch her. Her sister came back to
inform me that an old man was making love to my daughter. So, I went there and
saw things from myself.” Mrs. Hadijat Saliu said while narrating how a
67-year-old man, Ahmed Atanda of Oke-Adi area of Ilorin, Kwara State,
impregnated her 14-year-old daughter. Atanda, a driver and divorcee father of
two, allegedly lured the girl to an uncompleted building at a nearby well at Sango
area and allegedly had carnal knowledge of her.
Mrs. Saliu said she was surprised when she caught the man
live making love to her daughter (name
withheld). She said when she could no longer bear it, she tapped the man on the
shoulder, and he quickly jumped up. She added that a doctor had confirmed that
her daughter is now pregnant. The victim also acknowledged that Atanda had made
love to her. But the accused, Ahmed Atanda denied having sex with the girl,
alleging that he was being framed up.
Atanda said, “On that day, I was just passing by to collect
cashew and dogonyaro leaves to treat myself. The girl said I should help her
lift her bucket of water she fetched from the well. In the process, I heard one
woman shout, ‘Everyone come oo! Come oh! He is raping my daughter. “I did not
have canal knowledge of her because I had an operation near my private part and
I cannot have sexual intercourse now.” The Division Police Officer, Kulende
Police Station, Mr. Aminu Abdullahi, on Monday confirmed the incident. He added
that the matter would be transferred to the state’s Criminal Investigation
Department for further investigation.
My question now is, when is this madness going to stop?
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