NATIONAL PANEL REPORTERS
Bauchi first lady, Dr Aishatu Bala Mohammed, has decried the case of incest and sexual abuse involving a father that impregnated his biological daughter twice in the state.
The governor's wife explained that the daughter, who was separated from her father at a young age, was reunited with him after her mother’s death.
Speaking on the state government’s effort to combat sexual and gender-based violence, Aishatu lamented that the father molested the daughter on several occasion, leading to two pregnancies.
She further stated that the case was eventually reported to the Hisbah Board, leading to the father’s arrest and imprisonment for 7 years.
Aishatu said that the mother took custody of the daughter after she separated from the girl’s father, saying that the girl asked her mother to take her to her father following bullying from peers that she had no father.
She stated that the mother complied and the father requested to remarry the mother, but later she (the mother) dropped the daughter and left.
“Before she (mother) returned, the father had molested the daughter. The girl complained to her mum.
“The father admitted when confronted by the mother. The mother took her daughter to the hospital, and both were found to be pregnant by the father.
“Unfortunately, she said that the mother died from a stroke after giving birth and following her death, the mother’s family rejected the daughter and took custody of the mother’s baby, left with no choice, the daughter returned to her abusive father.”
Aishatu further stated that the father’s abuse continued, and he married another woman, stressing that when the daughter told her stepmother about the abuse, the stepmother confronted the father, who admitted to the abuse.
She added that the stepmother left the father and he continued to abuse the daughter, resulting in another pregnancy, pointing out that after the daughter gave birth to her second child, neighbours reported the situation to the Hisbah Board of Kano, leading to the father’s arrest and 7-year imprisonment.
The daughter, now under the care of the Bauchi State government, is receiving support, including education, a bank account, and a salary. - Daily Post.
