Adamawa: Drunken Father Assaults Daughter after Mistaking Her For His Wife

• Police operatives have arrested 42-year-old Auwalu Shuaibu for assaulting his 9-year-old daughter in Adamawa state
• Auwalu told the police that he had mistaken his daughter to be his wife because he was drunk and high on an illicit substance
• The state's commissioner for Police, Dankombo Morris, had ordered the immediate prosecution of the suspect

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Adamawa state - 42-year-old Auwalu Shuaibu has been arrested by the police for mistakenly assaulting his 9-year-old daughter in Adamawa state.

The state police spokesman, SP Suleiman Ngurore, confirmed that Auwalu was arrested on Monday, March 11 after he confessed that he believed her daughter to be his wife

Ngurore disclosed that CP Dankombo Morris had ordered the prosecution of the suspect, Daily Trust reported.

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Auwalu confessed to the crime, stating that the incident happened after he returned from a meeting in Gizga with his friend, Bashiru around 6pm.

He told the police that they drank whisky and later went to the cattle market to buy illicit substances.

According to Auwalu, after returning, he fell asleep and woke up to find his daughter beside him, whom he mistook for his wife.

He expressed regret and said he had given up drinking alcohol and using illicit substances.

According to The Nation, Auwalu blamed the shameful act on intoxication.

“I returned home about 6pm and apparently slept off, only to wake up the next morning to find my daughter naked by my side.”

In a similar development, Legit.ng reported that a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Orekoya, was arraigned for allegedly defiling and impregnating his 17-year-old daughter. The RCCG pastor is facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual assault at the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court.

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Father bags life imprisonment for assaulting daughters

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a married man, Ademola Oladimeji, was sentenced to four life imprisonments for sexually assaulting his three children in Lagos. It was gathered that the three children were aged five, seven and nine.

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court gave the judgement on Monday, January 22. The judge said the evidence established the offence of sexual assault and not defilement against Oladimeji.

Oladimeji’s wife said the Mirabel Medical Centre told her that her children had been sexually assaulted after they complained of pain in their private parts.

Source: Legit.ng