Oluwadamilare Ewedemi, a 44-year-old man from Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his daughter over several years. The survivor, now 21, reported that the abuse began in 2019 after her father brought her from a motherless home in Ikeja to Ijebu Ode under the guise of guardianship. She stated that she became pregnant five times as a result of the abuse and that Ewedemi arranged illegal abortions for each pregnancy.
She escaped from his residence on February 1, 2026, and sought refuge at a church in Pakoto Mountain before reporting the case to the Ifo Division of the Ogun State Police Command on March 26, 2026. Police Public Relations Officer Oluseyi Babaseyi confirmed the arrest, attributing it to intelligence received by CSP Kamorudeen, the Divisional Police Officer at Ifo. According to Babaseyi, the suspect is in police custody, and the case has been transferred to the Gender Desk for further investigation and prosecution.
The survivor's mother died when she was an infant, and she had been living in a motherless home before being taken by her father in 2019.
A father allegedly fathered five children with his own daughter and arranged their abortions—yet this case only emerged in 2026 because she fled to a church. Oluwadamilare Ewedemi's arrest reveals how deeply hidden abuse can persist for years without detection. When protection systems fail a child once, they can keep failing her until someone finally listens. For many young survivors in similar silence, justice may still depend on a desperate escape rather than institutional vigilance.
