Father puts pepper in 10-year-old daughter’s private part

A 37-year-old father, Okoro Odia, is in prison custody for putting ground pepper on his 10-year-old daughter’s private part.


He did this because his daughter didn't submit his lotto number to the agent.

Okoro is now standing trial on a three-count charge of indecent treatment, attempt to commit murder and assault sometime in June and August.

The prosecutor said that Okoro, a furniture maker, unlawfully and indecently dealt with his daughter. He said the step-mother, Abayomi Maria, reported that the accused always beat up the girl.

The prosecutor said the complainant told the police that Okoro had, sometime in June, used a dog chain to tie the girl to a ceiling fan and left her there. Ihiehie told the court that the accused tied the daughter to the ceiling because she failed to submit his lotto number to the agent.

The court heard that the assault on the girl was reported by the step-mother to Ketu Police Station. The prosecutor told policemen that on August 8 at about 8 p.m., Okoro called his daughter to bring her school report sheet. He said: “When he saw that she failed, he  put pepper in her private part, eyes and all over her body. “Her screams alerted the step-mother who tried to stop him. But he beat her up.” Ihiehie said the offences contravened Sections 135, 228(1) and 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The accused, however, denied the charges. The magistrate, Mrs Temitope Oladele, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till October 13 for mention.

Source: The Vanguard