The furore over the paternity of a child produced from an alleged rape is yet to settle.
The suspect’s father, Iziudu Idaighe, is said to have refused to pay for a DNA test.
Iziudu promised to pay for the test last month to prove that his son was not the father of the child.
He earlier opted for blood group and genotype test because of the high cost of DNA but his request was refused by the police authorities.
The victim, 15-year-old Vivian Ogbeide, alleged that she was raped in January, last year by Sunday Iziudu.
Vivian, who is visually impaired, said she was a primary five pupil of Idinebo Primary School, Uzea, Esan South East Local Government, when the incident took place.
She said: “My parents are in the village. They are farmers. I was raped in January 2011. Sunday held me in the bush and raped me. When I became pregnant, he denied it.
“They told his parents and we went to the village heads where he agreed that we should go for a paternity test but he did not give me any money until I gave birth.”
Vivian said Sunday abandoned her and that her brothers had been responsible for her upkeep.
The victim’s brother, Godday Ogbeide, said the suspect’s father refused to pay for the DNA as agreed by both parties in March.
Godday said they had been to the Juvenile section of Esigie Police Station in Benin City, where the matter was referred to, but Iziudu never showed up.
The suspect denied having canal knowledge of Vivian.
The baby is yet to be given a name.
via The Nation: http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/46985-rape-child-man-refuses-to-pay-for-dna.html
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