Father Rapes 12-Yr-Old Daughter, Aborts Pregnancy In Bayelsa

A 12-year- old Queen (surname withheld) has been raped by her own father Bamekpa.in  Bayelsa State..Queen is no doubt in pains. At a point, she bled profusely from her private part. Her father,

who hails from Imiringi, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, allegedly started to defile her at the age of 11.He was alleged to have serially raped and eventually impregnated her. Then he forced her to abort a four-month-old pregnancy through a crude process that currently threatens her
life.Queen told Operation Rescue (OPER), a human rights group, led by Princess Elizabeth Egbe, that she ran away from the house when she could no longer bear her father’s devilish craving.She said: “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.”Sobbing, she said: “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.”Speaking on the travails of his niece, her uncle, David Apigi, expressed shock at the way she was allegedly violated by her father.He 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. “After the abortion, the girl came back home and discovered she was bleeding from her private part. The father took her to that same lady who then took her to other places. The girl is still in pains and highly traumatised. She has been going through series of medical treatments.