Woman Remanded in Prison For Cutting Off Stepson’s Genitals

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A 22-year-old woman, identified as Bara’atu Rabiu, was on Monday arraigned by a Niger State Magistrate Court sitting in Minna for allegedly cutting off her stepson’s genitals, a one-month-old baby, Buhari.

Punch reports that the woman, who allegedly cut off the victim’s penis at their home in Kuta town, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, was arraigned on one count of attempted homicide before she was remanded in the Minna Medium Security Prison.

The suspect had been married to her husband, Mohammed Rabiu, for seven years, without a child and she allegedly cut off the baby’s penis to punish him for marrying a second wife.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Bala James, the suspect attacked the child with the intention of killing him. Fortunately, though, the boy survived.

He narrated, “The woman used a sharp knife to cut through the genitals of the one-month-old baby. She had been married to her husband for seven years without any child. So, out of pressure, the man decided to marry a second wife.

“When the second wife had a baby, she became angry and frustrated. She thought the best thing to do was to kill the child. On June 21, around 10 pm, she took the baby to the backyard of their house and used a sharp knife to cut off his penis.”

He continued, “The cry of the baby attracted neighbours, who rushed to the place and found him in a pool of blood. The suspect wanted to run away, but she was overpowered. She was handed over to the police, while the baby was taken to a hospital.”

The baby was taken to the Accident and Emergency Ward of the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida Specialist Hospital, Minna, where a surgical operation to enable him to pass out urine was immediately performed, Punch reports.

The Head of Department, General Outpatient Ward of the hospital, Ahmed Mohammed, said the boy might never regain the use of his private parts, adding that all the tissues in the affected part had been dead before he was brought to the hospital.

He said, “Medically, for him to regain the use of his manhood will be difficult. If the team that was supposed to work on him had been around immediately, maybe the situation would have been different. For such a case, you need a general surgeon, a neurologist and a plastic surgeon. But these were not available. His future right now is in the hands of God. Another possibility is if there is artificial attachment. I really pity the boy’s condition. I cannot imagine that somebody will do this to a baby. It is better for the child to die than for him to be in this condition.  Even if he survives, what purpose will he be living for?”

See photo of the child’s mutilated genitals below …

Photo credit: Daily Post