Lagos Rescues 11-Year-Old Girl Assaulted By Father

Category: Lagos News

The Directorate of Citizens Rights, Lagos State Ministry of Justice has rescued an 11- year-old girl who was allegedly assaulted by her father.

The minor was rescued after a neighbor on a street in Ikosi, Ketu, Lagos reported to the Directorate of Citizens Rights.

Mrs Oluwatoyin Odusanya, said officials of the Ministry of Justice gathered that the assault on the girl occurred on several occasions before it was formally reported to the authorities.

“The good neighbor stated that the 61 year old man who lost his wife, the mother of the victim and had remarried, was always in the habit of assaulting the victim and her Sibling”, the Director explained.

She noted that the officials of Child Protection Unit, Lagos State ministry of Youth and Social Development has taken the alleged perpetrator to the Police for further investigations.