The police has released Mr Ishaku Haggai, who was earlier arrested over allegations of brutalising his 15-year-old daughter, Rachael in Jalingo, Taraba State. LIB reported that Haggai was accused of brutalising Rachael on New Year Eve, leaving her with serious injuries, including a broken hand. During questioning at the police station, Mr Haggai claims that Rachael associates with boys against his instructions, adding that he had been warning her that she is too young to have a boyfriend. Speaking to a Taraba journalist, Jerison Amos on Thursday, Mr. Haggai, revealed that Racheal went for the crossover night with her mother and her siblings but was nowhere to be found after the vigil. Racheal returned home about 4am the next morning, 1st January 2026. Mr Haggai said he flogged Rachael with a cane after he discovered that she had sneaked out during the vigil to visit her boyfriend. He also debunked rumours making the rounds on social media that he disowned his daughter. The father further revealed that Rachael ran away from the house twice and stayed with her boyfriend for two weeks until he searched after her and brought her back home. This morning I paid a special visit to the family of Mr. Haggai who has been accused of mercilessly beat!ng of his daughter Racheal which the case went viral on social media yesterday 1st January 2026, the journalist wrote. My visit was to get firsthand information on what happened and why would a father do that to his own biological daughter. According to Mr. Haggai, on the eve of the new year on 31/12/2025 he wasn't feeling fine he didn't go for the crossover night. So Racheal went for the crossover night with her mother and her siblings, Lo, and behold Racheal was nowhere to be found after the vigil and she returned home about 4am the next morning of 1st January 2026. He said this wasn't the first time Racheal was doing that even though he has been warning her of such behaviour which has led her running from house about two times and staying with her boyfriend for two weeks until he searched after her and brought her back home and as a father he kept counselling her and some people also did that to her. So, after asking her where she went on the crossover night he realised she was with her boyfriend that was why he flogged her with a cane yesterday morning. He later asked her yesterday morning to follow them to church but she complained that she wasn't feeling fine as a result of the beating. As they left for church her neighbour called the daughter and videoed her with some clips and took to social media. By returning home from church yesterday, he was called upon by the DPO of GRA Division that he was needed in the station regarding the case of his daughter Racheal he told them he was just coming from the church and he can't come immediately, in just few minutes the Police officers stormed his house and arrested him. After reaching the station, he narrated to the DPO what happened and he was later granted bail with the intervention of a lawyer and the DPO said his case was brought by a Honourable and he ordered they should lock him up. He was later released yesterday and the DPO took some time to counsel Racheal and that's how they all returned home the same yesterday. Note that Racheal is the fourth daughter of Mr. Haggai has three elder sisters and two younger ones. As the time of my visit Racheal was with her family and the father denied the rumours that he disowned his daughter Racheal.
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