– Forces her to commit a five-month abortion through a rather crude process
– Youngster undergoes surgery to correct anomalies
– Sources say Bayelsa man is a known pervert and
witnesses are ready to testify against him
Bamekpa, the Bayelsa man who impregnated his 12-year-old daughter.
A Bayelsa-born father identified as Bamekpa has reportedly taken his 12-year-old daughter for abortion after allegedly impregnating her.
The youngster, identified as Queen (surname withheld) is presently undergoing medical treatment owing to alleged abuse by her father after suffering serious injuries.
According to The Nation, the young girl is currently in pains and at a point, bled profusely from her private part at the Bayelsa hospital where she is presently undergoingtreatment.
Reports say the father, a native of Imiringi, Ogbia local government area, Bayelsa state, had started defilingQueen at the age of 11 and had serially molested and eventually impregnated her.
The girl was forced to abort a four-month old pregnancy through a crude process that currently threatens her life as she told Operation Rescue (OPER), a human rights
group, led by Princess Elizabeth Egbe, that she had to run away from the house when she could no longer bear her father’s devilish craving.
“There was nobody to help me. He kept doing it despite my efforts to stop him.
It was a painful and violent experience. I
ran away from home because there was a time I bled so much from my private part.
“When I became pregnant and he heard about it, he handed me over to a lady who took me through an unsuccessful process of abortion. I have been suffering series of health issues after the abortion,” the young girl said amid tears.
The girl’s uncle, David Apigi expressed shock at the way she was allegedly violated by her father, stating that, “My niece told me the trauma she has been passing through in her father’s house and how her father has been using her,turning her to his second wife.
“She said he had sex with her to the extent that he aborted her four-month-old pregnancy. She ran to me and begged me not to allow her to return to her father’s house because she was tired. I decided to accommodate her. The father
started looking for her without knowing she was with me.”
After reporting the incident at the Kolo police station, Apigi said he asked them to hold on to enable him make some investigations and that afterwards, he called his cousin, Rex Ogboku, in Abuja who subsequently reported the matter to the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
FIDA was said to have been sluggish in their response, and according to Apigi: “My cousin, Rex Ogboku, in Abuja called FIDA to inform them about the situation. But the way FIDA was going about the issue was too sluggish for my liking. I decided to contact the Operation Rescue.
“We went back to the police and the Otuasiga Police Station arrested the man.
The process through which the Otuasiga
Police Station was handling the case was not satisfactory.
“Imagine a situation where somebody was arrested and while in detention he was still having access to his phone, making calls.
He even called me. He called my uncle, trying to plead with him for settlement. I moved the case to Kolo Police Station.”
The suspect is said to be a known sexual pervert as allegations arose that he had slept with his biological sisters, with some of his victims said to be ready to testify
against him in court.
“Our investigations showed that the little girl had been perpetually raped by her father who impregnated her and forced her through abortion that has left her with so many health problems.
“When the girl was pregnant, she did not know. Her stepmother discovered she was pregnant and informed the father.
The father handed her over to a lady who took her to a quack doctor for an abortion.
“After the abortion, the girl came back home and discovered she was bleeding from her private part.
The father took her to that same lady who then took her to other places. The girl is still in pains and highly traumatised. She has been going through series of medical treatments.
“We want the police to really investigate this matter and get to the root of the case. We want the doctor to be arrested,
and we want everybody that is involved to be arrested and prosecuted to serve as deterrent to other people who are
involved in this act of perpetual evil against the girl-child. The girl-child is tender and has a lot to contribute to nation-
building,” Egbe explained further.