Father impregnates daughter for ritual, continues sleeping with her after abortion

A 40-year-old man, Hafizu Isyaku, has allegedly
impregnated his 13-year-old daughter in a move to
satisfy the requirements of the cult group he joined for
a ritual purpose.
To compound the woes of his wife and mother of the
girl, the man continues sleeping with his girl after
getting the pregnancy aborted.
His wife, Maryam Manta, disclosed this to reporters at
her residence in Kabala Doki, Kaduna, saying the
incident occurred at Tudun Wada, Maraba, near Abuja,
before she relocated to Kaduna.
She said she got to know about her daughter’s
pregnancy when
she returned from a three-month journey. She said,
“When I returned from my journey where I went to see
my parents, I noticed my daughter was sick and was
behaving strangely.
Earlier, I didn’t suspect anything because my husband
always gave her some concoctions to drink, claiming it
was going to heal her. When the sickness persisted and
I noticed my daughter had missed her period, I
questioned and threatened her to tell me if she had any
affair with any man. Eventually, she opened up to me
that her father had been having canal knowledge of her
while I was away.
“When I confronted my husband, he cried and confessed
joining a cult which mounted pressure on him to get
his daughter pregnant and then abort it as a sacrifice. I
became confused and wept profusely but when he
promised to disassociate himself from the cult, I went
together with him to the hospital where the pregnancy
was aborted.”
Speaking further, she said she found out that after the
abortion, her husband was still having s*xual
intercourse with his daughter.
“ I caught him red handed in the very act. I became
heartbroken and absconded from his home in Maraba
and returned to Kaduna with my six children . When I
arrived Kaduna, I reported the issue to the District Head
of Kabala Doki, Danlami Bawa, who invited my husband
for some discussions.”
She said she had filed a court case at the Sharia
Magistrate court, Magajin-Gari in Kaduna for the full
custody of her six children.
Efforts by Daily Trust to get the husband's reaction
proved abortive.