A forty – three year man from Ikeduru- Ogwah, Mbaitolu Local Government Area of Imo state, Mr Ikechukwu Ekenta, allegedly raped his daughter, Kamsiyochukwu Ekenta, who is three years and ten months old.
Reports said the incident happened on the 28th of April, this year.
Little Kamsimyochukwu who narrated her ordeal, said she was woken up from sleep by a sharp pain.
Speaking at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka, the alleged rapist, Mr Ikechukwu Ekenta, said he was pushed by an evil spirit.
He said whenever the spirit came on him, he would start behaving abnormally.
Giving her own side of the story, the wife of the rapist, Mrs Uzoamaka Ekenta, said she noticed her daughter was in pain while bathing her and on enquiry, discovered that her husband had defile her daughter.
Mrs Ekenta said she immediately asked his husband what transpired and he admitted committing the crime, so she took the girl to the hospital where it was confirmed.
She further disclosed that she complained to the parents of her husband but they threatened to deal with her if she dared tell it to anyone, until a whistle blower came to her aid last saturday.
The Commissioner For Women And Children Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue, who apparently felt so bad about the incident, described the act as abominable and condemnable in all ramifications, lamenting that the child was still in pains.
Lady Ndidi who said on receiving the information from the whistle blower, they rushed to the residence of the rapist at 33 and apprehended him with the help of DSS officials, adding that the culprit will face the full weight of the law.
