Nigeria, July 7 -- The police in Ogun State have arrested a 44-year-old cleric, Oluwafemi Oyebola, for allegedly raping his own daughter.

Mr Oyebola allegedly impregnated the victim and procured illegal abortion for her thrice.

The police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made this known on Tuesday, said Mr Oyebola was arrested after the daughter reported her ordeal at Owode-Egbado divisional police headquarters.

He said the victim told police that the cleric of CAC Ogo Oluwa parish has been raping her since 2015 when she was 19 and shortly after the death of her mother.

"She further reported that she got pregnant for her father three times for which her father took her to a nurse where those pregnancies were aborted. A...