The Bayelsa government has promised to provide psychological and sundry support to a 14-year-old girl impregnated by her father.
Mrs Dise Ogbise, Coordinator, Gender Response Initiative Team (GRIT) in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa, on Friday, that some members of the public reported the case.
According to Ogbise, when some people reported that the girl was five months pregnant for the father, the team subsequently swung into action and the man was hauled into Police custody.
NAN gathered at the Ekeki Police division that the suspect, who hails from Ogani Wily Kaira, Ogoni, Rivers, was arrested following a formal complaint from GRIT.
She alleged that the 38-year old man, residing at PDP Road, Yenagoa, had been sexually abusing his own daughter since she was seven.
She noted that the victim needed a lot of support to enable her go through the rigours of pregnancy at a very tender age.
