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 myclothes 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 s*x with me. He was the first man to sleep with
me because I had never had s*x 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 s*x 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 JSS2 when this happened but I don’t want it
to mark the end of my academic pursuit,” the girl said.
Source: Tribune
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