Security Guard Tortures 10 Year Old Cousin For Bedwetting (Photo)
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old security guard, Joy
Amodu, for allegedly torturing her 10-year-old cousin, Foziya Danjuma for
several hours till the little girl fell unconscious. All because Foziya peed
on her bed on February 28, 2014.
According to the police, the suspect as punishment, used a spatula to beat the
10-year-old and inserted Aboniki balm (methyl salicylate ointment) inside her
private parts and her eyes. The suspect also allegedly inflicted teeth bites
all over the girl’s body. It was after the girl fainted during the beating
that her aunt rushed her to a hospital in the Ajah area, but she was
rejected. Amodu then took her niece to a military hospital on the
Victoria Island, but the victim was referred to the Military Hospital, Awolowo
Road, Ikoyi. It was at the military hospital that a non-governmental
organisation, Hands that Care, took over the case and reported it to the
police.
The suspect, crying profusely, said she only beat her niece on three
occasions. That the victim was her uncle’s daughter and she would never
attempt to kill her.
“I am very sorry for my action. I did not envisage what happened. The first
time she wet the bed, I warned her to stop bedwetting because she is too old
for that. She was left under my care by her father who is my uncle, so I
needed to correct her. This is the second time she wet the bed and I needed to
teach her a lesson. As I was beating her, she passed out. She was
released to me by her father when I told him about the strange sickness that
used to hit me because I was lonely and needed a companion.”
The victim could not talk much, but when asked if she was tortured by her
cousin, she nodded in approval. National Coordinator of the Hands that Cares,
Mrs. Jacinta Nworie, said the girl was released to the suspect by her
father in Kogi State because Amodu promised to train her in Lagos.
“The victim told us that the suspect bit her, inserted ointment into her
private part and used stick to beat her up.”
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who expressed shock over the
incident, described Amodu’s action as wicked. She said:
“On February 29, 2014, the police at Onikan Division got information that a
little girl was in one hospital in critical condition. The officers went there
and found the victim with her face and hands swollen as a result of beating.
The victim was later referred to the Military Hospital, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi
for better treatment. An NGO, Hands that Care, was invited into the case by a
good Nigerian. The NGO said it would settle the girl’s hospital bills, but
called for Amodu’s prosecution.
It was learnt that the family members were already pleading that the victim
and the suspect be released to them, saying it was a family matter. But a
police source said since the victim was a minor, the government would decide
if the case should be treated as a family matter or not.
- Punch.
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