The Commissioner for Women
Affairs and Social Development in Edo State, Hon. Magdalene Ohenhen has
revealed that father impregnating their daughters is fast becoming a normal
thing in the State.
She disclosed this
yesterday during a protest by the Brave Heart Initiative for Youth and Women
(BHI) led by Lady Grace Osakue.
The protest was a call for
justice for 17-year-old Gift Alonge who allegedly got impregnated by her father
Jacob Alone in 2917.
“It’s a very sad situation.
Edo State is becoming something else, and the earlier we stop it, the better
for us. It is becoming a normal thing in Edo State for men to impregnate their
own daughters,” the commissioner said.
Ohenhen cited another case
of a man who slept with his daughter for over 10 years before the police got
wind of the situation.
She said:
“It is time we stopped all
these. Edo State forbids it, it is a taboo. We are begging Edo men to stop
sleeping with their daughters, it is an abomination.”
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