The police in Ondo State have arrested a 38-year-old man, Sunday Udoh, for allegedly impregnating his 15-year-old daughter and attempting to procure an abortion for her.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, made this known in a statement on Friday in Akure.
He revealed that on April 26, policemen attached to Ile-Oluji Division received a complaint of an attempt to procure an abortion by Udoh at a healthcare centre in Ile-Oluji, Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of the state.
During investigation, he said, the police discovered that the suspect was attempting to procure abortion for his daughter because he had been sleeping with her.
The case, he said, is currently being handled by the Gender Office of the State Criminal Investigation Department in Akure.
(NAN)