A native doctor, Jacob Alonge, has been jailed for 21 years for raping his daughter, Gift, at their home in Ososo village, Akoko-Edo, Benin, Edo State.
Alonge, 52, was jailed on Thursday. The court had heard that he also got his daughter pregnant and terminated the pregnancy.
He was arrested and arraigned after 17-year-old Gift took in for him the second time.
The native doctor who had pleaded guilty to the charges changed his plea when Gift died in a car crash alongside four others on their way to court.
Those who died with Gift included her uncle, two workers of a non-governmental organisation, BraveHeart Initiative, helping Gift with the case, and the cab driver.
Alonge was sentenced to five years on the first count of possession of fetish wrap of Gift’s pubic hair.
He got two years for raping and impregnating her and 14 years for repeated sexual assault.
The magistrate said the counts should run consecutively.
