Father rapes, impregnates12-year-old daughter,forces her to abort.

A 12-year-old girl, Queen (surname withheld) is
currently in an hospital in Yenagoa, Bayelsa
State. after being raped, impregnated, and her
pregnancy aborted by her father, Bamekpa.

Bamekpa, who’s from Imiringi, Ogbia Local
Government Area, Bayelsa State, is believed to
have started raping her at the age of 11.

After molesting her repeatedly, she got pregnant
but she did not know that she was with child.

Her stepmother discovered she was pregnant
and informed the father, who handed her over to
a lady who took her to a quack doctor for an
abortion.

After the abortion, she was bleeding from her
private part and the father took her back to the
same lady who then took her to other places.

Speaking to Operation Rescue (OPER), a human
rights group, Queen said she ran away from
home when she could no longer stand her
father’s carnal desires.

“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.”

Queen’s uncle, David Apigi, while expressing
shock at her state, said: “My niece told me the
trauma she has been passing through in 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.”

Apigi revealed that his cousin, Rex Ogboku, in
Abuja, reported the matter to the Federation of
Women Lawyers (FIDA).

“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.”

He also revealed that Queen’s father was known
for sexual perversion, claiming that he also had
intercourse with his biological sisters and also
took advantage of his cousin’s daughter and
forced her to commit abortion five times.