With the alleged kidnap and rape of a 12-year-old girl by a traditional ruler in Ondo State, the father of the victim on Friday demanded that justice be served.

He appealed to the government and security agencies to ensure justice is served in the case involving the Baale of the Laagba community in Ondo East Local Council Area of Ondo State.

According to Fulani, his daughter (name withheld) was abducted by the traditional head of the community, Chief Adeniyi Ifedayo, who, in turn, defiled her for days.

The victim’s father narrated that Ifedayo was able to perpetrate the dastardly act because his job as a security guard always kept him away from home.

He said, “I noticed her absence from home on Sunday, May 25, 2025, and I began searching for her immediately. The Baale kidnapped my daughter and kept her in his house in the community, where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.”

The distraught father lamented that when the alarm was raised about the disappearance of his daughter, she was dropped at Cathedral Junction in Akure, the state capital, where her sister, Yemisi, was able to connect with her.

He said the family took her to the Area Command in Akure to report the incident, after which the police directed them to seek medical treatment.

“She was first taken to the General Hospital in Ondo but was referred to the Mother and Child Hospital at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH), Ondo, where she was admitted and treated for six days.

“When I spoke to my daughter, she confirmed that the Baale had sexual intercourse with her. I called the Baale, and he pleaded with me to calm down, saying the matter would be resolved. He even offered to repay all medical expenses incurred, but I refused and told him that I would seek justice,” he said.

Narrating her ordeal, the victim said, “Ifeoma came to call me and took me to her house. I stayed there till Sunday without my parents knowing. Then the Baale came, took me to a room, and locked me inside.

“That night, he had sex with me and left. Ifeoma later came into the room to stay with me. During the two weeks I was locked up, the Baale had sex with me three times.

“When tension began to rise in the community about my whereabouts, Ifeoma came with a motorcyclist one night and took me to an unknown location in Ondo, where a man had sex with me five times. I couldn’t recognise him in the dark.

“The next morning, the Baale and Ifeoma took me in a car to Akure and dropped me at the Cathedral Church area. That was when I called my sister.”