The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old man, Samuel Alfred, for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old stepdaughter in the Okokomaiko area of Lagos State. Alfred was arrested alongside his friend, Ikechukwu, whom he allegedly conspired with to commit the crime.
A police source revealed that the duo was apprehended on Friday after the victim’s mother, Deborah, discovered her daughter was nine months pregnant. “The mother came to lodge a complaint that her daughter was impregnated by her husband, who is a stepfather to the victim. We went straight to arrest the man, and it was during interrogation that we discovered he was not alone in the act. “That led to the arrest of a younger friend of his whom they both defiled the victim and had since then been forcefully having intercourse with her.”
The case has been transferred to the Gender Unit at Ikeja for further investigation. The command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development, adding that the investigation is ongoing.
He said, “One Deborah, aged 32 years, reported that her daughter (name withheld), aged 14, was defiled by her husband, Samuel Alfred, (her stepfather) aged 38, and his friend Ikechukwu Obi, aged 30. The survivor is about 9 months pregnant. The case will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded”.