Police arrest father for defiling own daughter

Fifty-one-year-old Godwin Akpan has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly defiling his six-year-old daughter (names withheld).

The suspect, a resident of Modupe Street, off Balogun Street, Ikeja, allegedly penetrated his daughter’s private part with his fingers.
He was said to have brought the minor to Lagos from Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State in January, where the victim lived with her mother.
The police said the victim’s mother is a farmer based in Akwa Ibom State.