Outrage As Woman Allegedly Tortured 12-Year-Old Girl For Stealing Meat
A mum of three, Mrs. Ogechi Iruwane has been arrested for allegedly torturing, a 12-year-old girl, Mmesoma Ani, for stealing meat.
Punch , gathered that Ogechi, used her bare hands to pinch off the victim’s chest, and inflicted injuries on her back.
A trader whose name can not be mentioned for security reason, said Ani returned an empty bottle of soft drink to her when she saw her injuries.
She said, “I observed that she was not walking well. I drew closer to her and that was when I saw that her hands were also swollen. She said her aunt flogged her. She showed me her chest and I saw that the skin covering one of her maturing breasts had been pinched off. She removed her clothes and I was alarmed when I saw serious injuries on her back.”
The trader further explained that she called the attention of passersby to the injuries.
“I wanted to take her back to the aunt to ask why she battered the girl so badly without taking her to a hospital, but her neighbours told me it was not the first time she would beat her. I decided to report the matter to the OPD,” she added.
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A source at the OPD said the suspect was prevented from escaping when she went to find out why Ani had not returned home from the errand she sent her.
He said, “The girl claimed she was 12 years old, even though she looked younger. She also looked malnourished. There were different scars on her back. The irony is that the suspect has three children and they look well-fed.
Expalining how she started living with the woman, Ani said the woman came to take her from her parents in Enugu State in December 2015, that she was in primary three before she was brought her to Lagos, but since her arrival, she had not been going to school, claiming that the woman accused her of stealing a piece of meat and for about two days, she was not given food to eat.
Meanwhile, the Director of the OPD, Mrs. Salami Olubukola, has commended the trader that reported the case, urging residents of the state to always be on the watch for child abuse cases, adding that the girl have been admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere. She said.
“The girl is now in our care. We will not relent in our efforts to stem the tide of child abuse in Lagos State.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, after she confirmed the incident said the suspect would soon be charged to court.
Photo credit: Punch
inhumane
Haba! This is getting too much
Human rights come to the rescue.
Some women’s wickedness is not of this world. Haba just because of a piece of meat oh.
Pure act of wickedness, can she tell us that she didn’t steal meat from the pot as a child.wicked woman
The act of wickedness
Pinch off skin with bare hands? She must be a demon