A 12-year-old girl, Queen, who was allegedly
raped serially by her father, Bamekpa, with
her four-month-old pregnancy crudely
aborted, has said she could not count the
number of times Bamekpa allegedly forcibly
had canal knowledge of her (HERE) .
There has been public outrage against the
incident, which occurred at Imiringi, Ogbia
Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, since it
was reported by The Nation , with many
people calling for Bamekpa’s arrest and
prosecution.
But Queen relived her ordeal in the hands of
her father and called on the Inspector-
General of Police, Solomon Arase, to step in
and facilitate the process of bringing the man
to justice.The traumatised SS1 student said
“I want my father to be thrown into
prison”, “I feel pained that a man I
called my father used me many times
to satisfy his sexual urge.”
Narrating how it all started in 2015, she said:
“He started sleeping with me in 2015.
The first time he did it, I was in my
room reading when he came in. He
asked me the kind of school I would
like to go. Then he came close to me.
“When I stood up to go, he asked me
to wait and started touching me all
over my body. I asked him what he
was doing but he told me to keep quiet
and immediately pushed me into the
bed. “He tied my hands backwards.
When he saw that I was shouting, he
covered my mouth with his hand, He
started doing it increasingly from that
time. I always cried and begged him to
leave me but he would not listen.” She
said she was afraid to discuss her
ordeal with anybody because her
father threatened to kill her if she did.
She, however, said the bubble burst
when she began to show signs of
pregnancy.
She said:
“When I became pregnant, I didn’t
know. My stepmother saw the signs
and suspected that I was pregnant. It
was when she began to ask me who
impregnated me that I told her. I
learnt she has moved out of the
house.”
The teenager said her life became more
traumatic when her father allegedly
commenced the process of aborting the
pregnancy. She said the method was crude
and opened a chapter of health problems in
her life.
She said: “My father, seeing that I was
pregnant, took me to do an abortion.
He took me to Elebele and handed me
over to his female friend named Peace,
who took me to a house in Otu-Aba.
“They did not allow me to see the
process, but I saw the instruments. It
was very painful. After that day, I
started bleeding because he didn’t
abort the pregnancy completely. I was
taken back to Otu-Aba on December 5
and from there, we went to Otu-Asiga
to flush the remaining one. “I
discovered later that my body system
had been messed up. I noticed I was
no longer menstruating. It was just
recently that I was taken to the Federal
Medical Centre (FMC) where an
operation was done on me with
something like a container inserted
into me. They called it a minor
operation. I went back to FMC on
Thursday to remove the container.”
Queen said she could no longer go to school
because of the problems created by her
father.
“I feel very bad. I want the police oga
(police boss) to put him in prison. He
has been doing similar things to many
people,” she said.
Queen’s nephew, David Apigi, who reported
the matter to Operation Rescue, asked the
police to speedily and diligently prosecute the
matter. He confirmed that her niece went
through an operation at FMC.
He said: “The operation was done on
her private part and a container was
inserted into her. She went back on
Thursday to have the container
removed,” he said.
The Coordinator, Operation Rescue, Princess
Elizabeth Egbe, said the police had promised
to effect the arrest of other suspects after
taking Queen’s statement. She said the Officer
in Charge, Family Unity, Edith Washington,
said the statement of the violated girl would
be taken after her medical check.
She, however, said the NGO had no suspicion
that the police were trying to sweep the
matter under the carpet until they failed to
effect arrest and commence prosecution
within a reasonable time frame.
She said initially, the policemen in charge of
the case said they had no money to go to the
crime scene. She, however, said the police
commissioner later made a financial provision
for them to go there.
She said: “The police said they would
commence the arrest of suspects after
they get the girl’s statement today
after her medical checks. They have
not got the statement of the girl. “I
don’t have any suspicion that the
police are trying to hide the matter.
The police said the suspect is in the
state CID but we have not sighted him.
The police have not been able to invite
us officially for a meeting. “For now, I
cannot hold them till after she has
given her statement. The police said
they didn’t have money to go to the
crime scene but the commissioner
made a provision for them to go there.
If they failed to arrest the doctor and
the lady, we will commence our
campaign.”
Further lamenting her condition, 27-year-old
Joy, who said she was raped serially by
Bamekpa when she was between six and seven
years old, appealed to the police to diligently
handle the matter and ensure that justice is
served.
Recalling the second time the suspect raped
her, she said:
“While I was playing with other
children, he called me and asked me to
go to his room and get pineapple.
When I went to his room, he came in
and shut the door. He held me and
pushed me into his bed.
“While I was shouting, he was laughing
at me, boasting that even if I shouted
with all my energy, nobody would
come and rescue me. I shouted but
nobody came.”
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer
(PRO) of the Bayelsa State Command of the
Nigeria Police Force, Butswat Asinim, a
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said
the matter was being handled by the police.
He assured that the matter would not be
swept under the carpet, particularly because
it involves sexual abuse of a minor.
Saturday, 2 April 2016
12-yr -old girl raped and impregnated by dad wants him to go jail!!!
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