12year old girl, identified as Queen said her father raped her severally and had aborted a 4 month old pregnancy. Queen also said she lost counts of how many times his father named Bamekpa had raped her..
There has been public outrage and the public are seeking justice. The incident happened at occurred at Imiringi, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Since the evil act had been made public, many people and civil right groups had been calling for the girl's fathers' arrest and prosecution.
The statement of the abused girl was yet to be taken at press time, while the police was yet to meet officially with Operation Rescue (OR), the non-governmental organisation (NGO) handling the matter. Other persons indicted in the crime had also not been arrested.
Queen narrated hero ordeal in the hands of her father and called on the Inspector General of Police to send his father to jail.
“I want my father to be thrown into prison”, said Queen. “I feel pained that a man I called my father used me many times to satisfy his sexual urge.”
She said each time her father came, she would cry and beg him to stop but he would not listen to her. She said on one occasion, her father beat her to submission before forcing himself into her.
The statement of the abused girl was yet to be taken at press time, while the police was yet to meet officially with Operation Rescue (OR), the non-governmental organisation (NGO) handling the matter. Other persons indicted in the crime had also not been arrested.
Queen narrated hero ordeal in the hands of her father and called on the Inspector General of Police to send his father to jail.
“I want my father to be thrown into prison”, said Queen. “I feel pained that a man I called my father used me many times to satisfy his sexual urge.”
She said each time her father came, she would cry and beg him to stop but he would not listen to her. She said on one occasion, her father beat her to submission before forcing himself into her.
Queen said it all started in 2015, she said his father started sleeping with her since 2015. The first time he did it, I was in my room reading when he came in and asked me the kind of school I would like to go, he then came close to me and started touching me all over my body.
I asked him what he was doing but he told me to keep quiet and immediately pushed me into the bed. “He tied my hands backwards. When he saw that I was shouting, he covered my mouth with his hand, He started doing it increasingly from that time.
I always cried and begged him to leave me but he would not listen.” She said she was afraid to discuss her ordeal with anybody because her father threatened to kill her if she did.
The father's evil deeds started coming to light when Queen started showing signs of pregnancy.
Queen's stepmother started noticing the changes in Queen's. She suspected she was pregnant. Queen's step mother started asking her who the father was cos it was strange.
Queen said she later told her and she has moved out of the house.
Queen further explained that her life became more traumatic when her father commenced the process of aborting the pregnancy. She said the method was crude and that's when she started experiencing health problems.
Queen further explained that her life became more traumatic when her father commenced the process of aborting the pregnancy. She said the method was crude and that's when she started experiencing health problems.
She said: “My father, seeing that I was pregnant, took me to do an abortion. He took me to Elebele and handed me over to his female friend named Peace, who took me to a house in Otu-Aba.
“They did not allow me to see the process, but I saw the instruments. It was painful.
After that day, I started bleeding because he didn’t abort the pregnancy completely. I was taken back to Otu-Aba on December 5 and from there, we went to Otu-Asiga to flush the remaining one.
“I discovered later that my body system had been messed up. I noticed I was no longer menstruating. It was just recently that I was taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) where an operation was done on me with something like a container inserted into me. They called it a minor operation. I went back to FMC on Thursday to remove the container.”
Queen said she could no longer go to school because of the problems created by her father. “I feel very bad. I want the police to put him in prison. He has been doing similar things to other young people.
Queen’s nephew, David Apigi, who reported the matter to Operation Rescue, asked the police to speedily and diligently prosecute the matter. He confirmed that her niece went through an operation at FMC.
He said: “The operation was done on her private part and a container was inserted into her. She went back on Thursday to have the container removed,” he said.
A lady named Joy also came forward to testify her ordeal. She said she was also raped serially by Bamekpa when she was between six and seven years old, she appeals to the police to diligently handle the matter and ensure that justice is served.
Recalling the second time the suspect raped her, she said: “While I was playing with other children, he called me and asked me to go to his room and get pineapple. When I went to his room, he came in and shut the door. He held me and pushed me into his bed.
“While I was shouting, he was laughing at me, boasting that even if I shouted with all my energy, nobody would come and rescue me. I shouted but nobody came.”
Queen said she could no longer go to school because of the problems created by her father. “I feel very bad. I want the police to put him in prison. He has been doing similar things to other young people.
Queen’s nephew, David Apigi, who reported the matter to Operation Rescue, asked the police to speedily and diligently prosecute the matter. He confirmed that her niece went through an operation at FMC.
He said: “The operation was done on her private part and a container was inserted into her. She went back on Thursday to have the container removed,” he said.
A lady named Joy also came forward to testify her ordeal. She said she was also raped serially by Bamekpa when she was between six and seven years old, she appeals to the police to diligently handle the matter and ensure that justice is served.
Recalling the second time the suspect raped her, she said: “While I was playing with other children, he called me and asked me to go to his room and get pineapple. When I went to his room, he came in and shut the door. He held me and pushed me into his bed.
“While I was shouting, he was laughing at me, boasting that even if I shouted with all my energy, nobody would come and rescue me. I shouted but nobody came.”
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