An Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Aderinto Foluke, Thursday, told Justice Abiola Soladoye of Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, how a father, Adewunmi Ajayi, had unlawful sexual intercourse with his step-daughter (name withheld) who is a minor which resulted in multiple pregnancies and abortions.
The IPO with AP No. 287997 attached to the human rights unit of the Nigeria Police testified in the ongoing trial of a couple, Mr. Adewunmi Ajayi, the first defendant who is married to the survivor’s mother, Idowu Ajayi, the second defendant.
She said, “We concluded that Mr. Adewunmi has been sleeping with the survivors since 2019.”
The prosecution witness, led by state prosecution counsel, Abibat Ogunwemimo, told the court that the incident was reported to the Adeniji-Adele Police Station, Lagos Island, by a teacher who came with a 15-year- old survivor with a referral letter from Alausa.
She further stated that the survivor’s step-father, Adewunmi, has been having carnal knowledge with the minor and in the process the survivor had two pregnancies and her mother aborted the pregnancies.
She claimed the survivor also said she was pregnant the third time.
Trouble started for the couple sometime in 2021 when they were arrested by the police and both wrote statements.