Mr. Jacob Obomerelu, a 47-year-old security guard, was arrested by members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Kwara State Command for allegedly having canal knowledge of his 18-year-old biological daughter Modupe Jacob.

The spokesman for the NSCDC in the state, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, made this declaration available to journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday.

On Monday, December 6, 2021, Babawale said the incident occurred at the suspects’ workplace, 24, Awolowo Street, Tanke Ilorin, which also doubles as his apartment.

He said, “On Tuesday 7th December 2021, we were tipped off by one Alhaja Mariam Bello, who claimed that Modupe who happened to be her adopted daughter was raped by her biological father, adding that the victim used to live with her at her Isale Gaa Akanbi residence but moved out to stay with her dad after a little misunderstanding between her and the victim”.

He explained that “Modupe had a little misunderstanding with Alhaja who adopted her in 2017 when her mother separated with Jacob and since then was staying with the woman.

“The victim joined her father in the gatehouse where he was working as a security guard and it was during the night of her first stay with her father that the incident occurred”.

The 18-year-old daughter described how she begged her father not to rape her in her statement. All of her pleadings went on deaf ears with her father, who subsequently offered her 1000 naira to buy medication to flush her system after the act.
Jacob, a father of four from Edo State, agreed to the crime in his confessional testimony but blamed it on the devil because he was not fully conscious of what he was doing.

Meanwhile, the state’s Commandant, Iskilu Ayinla Makinde, has been briefed on the event, and the suspect would be charged to court after the investigations are completed, according to the Kwara NSCDC image-maker.