\u2018I don\u2019t want my father jailed,\u2019 says 19-year-old sexually abused daughter<\/p>\n
A 19-year-old lady, Miss Ugo (not her real name), has found herself torn between seeking an end to years of alleged sexual abuse by her father and seeing him sent to prison.<\/p>\n
Ugo alleged that her father, Uche Didie, a 43-year-old man from Delta State, first sexually abused her in 2019 when she was 12 years old.<\/p>\n
According to her, the abuse continued for years until Sunday, September 6, 2026, when she finally found the courage to disclose her ordeal to someone outside the family.<\/p>\n
Guardian reported that Ugo, who lives with both parents at Opeloyeru, Maya, Ikorodu, Lagos, decided to speak out to end the abuse, but did not want her father to be jailed because she feared it would destroy the family.<\/p>\n
Didie was arrested by members of the Oodua People\u2019s Congress (OPC) before being handed over to the Police Tactical Unit in Araro, Ikorodu.<\/p>\n
He was later transferred to the Gender Unit, led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Oluwatoyin Kazeem.<\/p>\n
Speaking with The Guardian, Ugo, who recently completed her secondary education, alleged that her father had been sexually abusing her since 2019.<\/p>\n
He has been having sexual intercourse with me since 2019. I have never had a boyfriend. My dad is the only man who has had carnal knowledge of me,\u201d she said<\/p>\n
Asked whether she had ever tried to stop the abuse, she said she eventually confided in a close friend, who is the son of their pastor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted it to stop, and that\u2019s why I told our pastor\u2019s son. I want him to be released, but I will stop staying with my parents. I will go to my grandmother in Agege or my aunt in Egbeda,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ugo alleged that the abuse began when her father forced himself on her and warned her not to tell anyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did not convince me; he forced himself on me. He always asked me not to tell anyone and said he would beat me if I\u00a0told anybody. Sometimes, he also bought me gifts,\u201d she alleged.<\/p>\n
She said the abuse occurred about once or twice a month and that she had earlier told her mother, who confronted Didie.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told my mum about it and she confronted him, but he denied it. I had to tell one of my closest friends, who is also our pastor\u2019s son, and he told our pastor,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Despite acknowledging that her father\u2019s arrest might be necessary, Ugo said she did not want him imprisoned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the best thing is for my dad to be arrested, but that\u2019s not what I want because I don\u2019t want it to affect our future. I\u2019m his second child, and there are three of us\u2014two girls and one boy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
However, during questioning by the OPC, Didie gave a different account, claiming that the sexual relationship began only recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started sleeping with her this year. I was yet to start having intercourse with her when my wife confronted me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also claimed that another man was responsible for what happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone caused this. A man told me that they wanted to use my girl, and that was when I started sleeping with her,\u201d he said.(Guardian)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018I don\u2019t want my father jailed,\u2019 says 19-year-old sexually abused daughter A 19-year-old lady, Miss Ugo (not her real name), has found herself torn between seeking an end to years of alleged sexual abuse by her father and seeing him sent to prison. Ugo alleged that her father, Uche Didie, a 43-year-old man from Delta […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":152212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[3442,377,3441],"class_list":["post-152209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-others","tag-assistant-commissioner-of-police","tag-delta-state","tag-sexual-abuse"],"yoast_head":"\n