My husband who raped our 4-year-old daughter is walking free – Woman laments

A 32-year-old woman simply identified as Funmi, who alleged that her husband had on many occasions raped their 4-year-old daughter, Rebecca, in their home in Igando area of Lagos state, has reportedly raised alarm that her husband had been released without prosecution.

It was earlier in the news that Funmi had in October, reported the case that her husband, a 37-year-old mechanic, identified simply as Thompson, sexually abused her daughter till she lost her voice.
She alleged that apart from having sexual intercourse with the little girl on several occasions, she had caught her husband inserting his finger into the private part of the girl more than once, all of which had traumatised Rebecca to the point where she could no longer talk. For reporting the case, Funmi said her husband threatened her, forcing her to move out of his house and that since then, she and her children had been living in fear of what Thompson might do to them.
Funmi said, “With all that he did, I thought he would face the law. I thought he would be prosecuted for the abominations he had committed.
“Now, I look over my shoulder anytime I walk on the street. I always tell my children to be careful too. Who knows what he is planning against us?
“I fear for my life and that of my children now. After he was released, he went to the school of my children and attempted to take them from there, but the teacher did not release them to him. I did not even know he was released until they told me he visited the school.” She said Rebecca is gradually regaining her voice.
Funmi, who alleged that her separated husband was diabolical, recounted that the sexual abuse of their daughter started when the girl was two years old.
According to her, “It started in 2013 when I suddenly woke up one night and saw my husband removing the panties of my daughter. It was in the midnight. I wanted to shout but I wanted to see what he was up to. So, I acted like I didn’t see him because the room was relatively dark.
“When he pulled down her panties, he looked around and when he felt convinced that everyone was deep asleep, he stood up and moved to where the girl was and dipped his hand in her private part. I screamed,” Funmi lamented.
The case was reported to the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender, OPD, where a lawyer was assigned to handle the case.
However, two months after she reported the case, she said she is surprised that he has been released.





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