‘I Slept With My Three Daughters for Seven Years’: 54-Year-Old Delta man confesses

• The suspect, who is now in police custody confessed that he had been having carnal knowledge of his children for the past seven years.

A 54-year-old father in Asaba, Delta State, Edward Odega, has confessed to defiling his three children.

The suspect, who is now in police custody confessed that he had been having carnal knowledge of his children for the past seven years.

In an interview conducted by Punch at the police headquarters in Asaba on Saturday, Odega said, “I have three daughters, and I started sleeping with my first daughter when she was 12 years old.”

He also confessed to sleeping with two others who are 13 and 15, respectively for the same period of time.

According to the spokesperson for the police, Bright Edafe, he stated that one of Odega’s daughters informed the police about the incident.

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He said, “The command has arrested a father who had been defiling his three daughters for the past seven years. The three children are now aged 13, 15, and 24.

“The act was made public after DPO Ogborikoko division CSP Temi Agbede Zuokumor, who went on a school outreach on enlightenment, encountered a child who spoke up, which eventually led to the arrest of the father.”

Edafe said that the three children are currently at the hospital undergoing medical check-ups.

Human rights groups, NGOs, and government agencies in Nigeria regularly report cases of incest and child defilement, including fathers, stepfathers, uncles, and other relatives abusing girls (and sometimes boys).

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