year-old security guard, Joy Amodu (pictured above), for
allegedly torturing her 10-year-old niece, Foziya
Danjuma for several hours till the little girl fell
unconscious. All because Foziya peed on her bed on
February 28, 2014, Punch reports
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.
Source: Punch
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