60-yr-old man who sleeps with his 14-yr-old daughter says…

“My mistake is allowing her to live with me when I know that I
do not have a wife or woman friend… I have been unlucky
with women”
BY CHIOMA IGBOKWE
“I cannot remember what I did. An evil spirit always
possesses me and as soon as I am done, I will regain my
senses. Most especially, my daughter never resisted whenever
I touch her. I am terribly sorry; it is the devil. I have even
attended different deliverance services, hoping that God will
save me.”
Those were the words of a 60-year-old man, Isiaka Alade,
who was arrested by police for allegedly defiling his 14-year-
old daughter.
He was picked up by operatives of Lagos State Criminal
Investigation Department, Panti when a good Samaritan, who
saw him in the act, alerted the police. The unfortunate girl
(name withheld) was rescued and handed over to the Police
welfare department, pending when she would reunite with her
mother or any other member of her extended family.
At the police station, the teenager revealed that it was her
father who deflowered her sometime in 2013. She alleged that
her father convinced her that there was nothing wrong in what
he was doing to her. He was accused of buying different gifts
for her as a way of wooing her to submit.
Sober and begging for mercy, Alade promised that if given a
second chance, he would return the daughter to her mother. “I
am sorry but the truth is that I am possessed. No normal
father will do such a thing to his daughter. My mistake was
allowing her to live with me when I knew that I do not have a
wife or woman friend.”
According to him, the girl is his only surviving child. “I have
been unlucky with women. My first two wives had kids but
they all died. I finally married (this girl’s) mother but she was
very stubborn. After the birth of (the girl), we separated and
she went back to our village in Osun State.
“When (the girl) became eight years, her mother called that I
should come and carry her, as she wanted to remarry. Since
she is my only child, I accepted and brought her to Lagos in
2008. I was able to enroll her in a private school, till
sometime in 2013 when my landlord sold the house and we
were forcefully evicted.
“A member of my church assisted me to get a room in an
uncompleted building in Ayobo, Alimosho Local Government
Area of Lagos State. I started packing sands and making
enough money to sustain both of us. It was not easy but I
managed, while I made plans to return her to her mother.”
He claimed that he masturbated on top of his daughter, twice.
“This is the one I can remember. I just held her and was play­
ing with her breasts till I was satisfied. Although I have not
slept with another woman for the past eight years, I have done
my best not to womanise. I will never have sex with anyone
that is not my wife. I was planning to travel to the village and
marry another woman who has a job. I do not know what I
did to the baale (community leader) that he has sworn to deal
with me.
“This is a matter that I can settle with my daughter as a
family. I promise to return her to the village as soon as
possible. I know that she will forgive me, because we have
suffered together in Lagos. I have a lot of people whom I
worked for that currently owe me. My plans were to use the
money to send her to the village. I am not denying whether I
did it or not. I am guilty but please understand that it is the
devil that possessed me, ” he pleaded.
Confirming his arrest, Lagos State police spokesman, DSP
Kenneth Nwosu said that Alade would soon be charged to
court. He also said that the girl is currently at the welfare
department, pending when she will be reunited with her family.