A seven-year-old girl (name withheld), has accused
her 49-year-old father of rape.
The girl said her father, Sylvester Ehijele, had on
numerous occasions had sex with her, adding that he used to promise to buy her
goodies and toys before the actions.
She said he usually had sex with her on a daily
basis whenever her mother was not home.
She said, “Whenever my mum is not at home, he grabs
me, forces his hand over my mouth and then inserts his penis into my private
part. He promises to buy me a car, cake and biscuit but he doesn't buy anything
for me.
“He also threatens to use a knife to gouge my eyes
out anytime I threaten to report to my mother.”
Sylvester’s wife, Margaret, told PUNCH Metro that he
(Ehijele) also raped their 23-year-old daughter when she was much younger and
recently, he raped their one-year-old granddaughter that lives with them.
She said, “I am a caterer. In 2006 I went to Abuja
for a catering job where I spent five days. But at about 1am, my first
daughter, who was about 17-years-old at the time, called me on the phone crying
that her father raped her that night.
“When I returned, I confronted him but he beat me up
and he continued to molest our daughter and each time I confronted him, it
earned me a beating. I had no choice but to leave him when I got fed up with
seeing him molesting our daughter and later sleeping with me. I took my six
children and we relocated.”
She said in 2011, Sylvester’s family settled their differences
and urged the couple to reconcile for the sake of the children.
She said her husband swore never to touch any of his
daughters again and she reluctantly returned to her husband’s house.
Margaret said she was however disappointed to find
out that less than a year after moving in with her husband, he went back to his
old ways.
She said, “We reconciled in May 2011 and I really
thought he had changed but in August last year, I caught him in a compromising
situation with our seven-year-old daughter. I called her out and she told me
how her father had constantly been abusing her.
“Again, I confronted him and he beat me up. I had to
pick my daughter and ran to his brother’s house, where I stayed for three days
before I went back home.”
Mrs. Ehijele said she continued to cope with her
husband’s ways until he finally raped their 15-month-old granddaughter.
She said, “Because my oldest daughter works, we
decided to put her daughter baby at a day care in Ejigbo. I have always been
the only one that brings her back at 6pm everyday from the day care. But on
that particular day, my husband went to the day care and after an altercation
with the teacher, he took the baby home.
“He took the baby home and hours later the baby was
crying profusely. When I got home, the baby was still crying and I wondered
what was wrong. When I finally took off her diapers so I could bathe her, I
noticed she was bleeding in her private part. When I raised the alarm, my
husband was unnerved. That was when I suspected him.
“I rushed down to the Ejigbo Police Station and
reported the matter.”
Margaret said she had been married to the suspect
for over 23 years and lamented that he had had carnal knowledge of all their
daughters.
“I have two daughters, four sons and a
granddaughter. Sadly, my husband has raped all of the females,” she said.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide,
said the suspect would soon be charged to court on charges of defilement.
“The suspect is in the habit of sleeping with his
daughters and now his granddaughter. We have the doctor’s report which shows
that the girls have been defiled,” she said.
A copy of medical report issued by the Isolo General
Hospital reads in part that, “The vaginal hymens of the girls are no longer
intact.”
Sylvester however denied the allegation, adding that
it was his wife that poisoned his daughters’ minds against him.
He said his wife left him initially because he had
refused to pay her dowry.
He said, “If I was the one that raped them, let me
die. My wife and I were separated for four years and it was because her family
said I hadn't paid her bride price. After we reconciled, she told my daughters
to tell lies against me in order to disgrace me.
“Even my oldest daughter confessed to my family that
I never raped her and that it was my wife that told her to lie.”
When quizzed about the medical report, Sylvester said
it was not authentic.
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