Man arrested for allegedly raping his wife's sister for years

The Lagos state police command have
arrested 36 years old Imeh Akpan, for allegedly
raping his wife's 15 years old sister, for 10 years.
Parading Imeh before newsmen at the state
police command in Ikeja today April 13th, the
state police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said
"The teenager has been living with him
since she was small. He started raping her
when she was five-year-old. She lives with
him and his wife, who’s her step-sister
and he has been defiling her since then.
But he was eventually caught at the
weekend after the girl ran out of the
house and was rescued by some
policemen".
When interrogated, the victim whose name was
not disclosed, said her sister's husband who she
refers to as Daddy, raped her last Sunday
"My daddy (suspect) raped me because
my mummy travelled to Akwa Ibom last
Wednesday. I was sleeping on Sunday,
around 10pm, my daddy came and
removed my clothes and slept with me. He
used the towel to cover my eye and my
mouth but I was still shouting and crying.
He said nobody will come and help me.
So, I ran out of the house when i got
chance. After I ran out, I begged my
neighbour to give me phone to talk to my
mummy (half sister) and he said there is
no credit in his phone. So, I ran towards
the police station at the roundabout. On
my way there, I saw one man who asked
me where I was going. I told him
everything and the man said he will take
me to police station and to human right.
So, he now took me to hotel that I should
come and sleep in hotel till morning before
he will take me to the station. I followed
the man and I now said I cannot sleep
with him inside the hotel. When I wanted
to close my eyes, I was now seeing the
man as if his hand was touching me in
my dream. I could not close my eyes.
Around 3am, I told the man I want to go
and ease myself and he allowed me. The
man now said since I want to go and
report everything at police station that he
will use his own money and that the
money will be N50, 000, that I should do
him a favour and enter the room. I did but
the man wanted to rape me also and I
shouted before the owner of the hotel
came and opened the door. That was how
I ran outside. As I was walking on the
road, policemen saw me and I told them
everything and they called one Okada man
to take me to Lion Building. He has slept
with me two times. The first time was last
year. I told my mummy everything when
she came back from church because my
daddy told her that I ran out of the
house. When I told her, she believed me
but when my uncle now denied, he
claimed that I left the door open and
someone entered the house" she said
The suspect claimed he was drunk and did not
know when he committed the crime
"She is like my daughter and it is an
abomination for me to sleep with her. I
have been the one training her since she
was a baby. I was drunk and I did not
know anything. It was the police that
invited me and told me I raped her. I did
not even know. It is only this once I have
done it. I do not know what came over
me,” he said.
The police say he will soon be charged to court.