Court jails dismissed police officer for 22 years for impregnating his daughter in Niger

Gbenga Fabuyi, a “dismissed” inspector of police with the Niger state command, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for impregnating his 13-year-old daughter.

Confirming the development to TheCable on Saturday, Wasiu Abiodun, police spokesperson in Niger state, said the command dismissed the officer following the allegations against him.

The offence was said to contravene section 18 (2) of the Niger state child rights act 2010, as well as sections 390 25 (3) and 397 B of the state’s penal code.

Delivering the judgment on Friday, Christy Barau, the presiding judge, said Fabuyi was found guilty of incest, unlawful sexual intercourse, criminal intimidation, and impregnating a minor.

Lawrence Owette, the police prosecutor, said the sacked inspector, who resides in the Ungwan Nasaeawa area of Tafa LGA, lured his daughter into the room and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her.

“As a result, she was put into the family way and delivered a baby girl and (Mr Fajuyi) warned her if she told anybody you will kill her,” he said.

“During the police investigation, you, Gbenga Fajuyi confessed to the commission of the offence. After delivery, he took the newborn baby to a nearby river and strangulated the baby to death.”

The judge described the inspector as a monster and blamed the victim’s mother for failing to protect her daughter.

“This is sad that this convict who is a police officer and law enforcement officer saddled with the responsibility of protecting lives and properties or fighting crime in society, one would expect him to go the extra mile to protect his own family,” he said.

“But he could be this inhuman toward his own biological daughter; a little girl by putting her through all these horrible experiences and putting her in a family way.

“Not only her father failed her; equally, her mother did. As a mother, she could not detect that something was wrong with her daughter until the daughter was close to her full-time pregnancy.

“One can imagine the psychological torture this girl went through with no one to come to her rescue, not even the mother who is expected to share a special bond with her children, she eventually left them in the cruel hands of a monster.”