28-year-old woman identified as Mary Mathew has been arrested by the men of the Ondo State Police Command for child abuse.
The suspect allegedly caged her four-year-old foster daughter inside the bush for over five months at Imafon Village in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Mary said she ‘quarantined’ the young girl identified as Precious Michael when she suspected that the girl was possessed with witchcraft and also suspected that the four-year-old girl must have been infected with HIV, which reportedly killed her mother last year.
Parading the suspect at the headquarters of the command in Akure on Thursday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Hilda Harrison, said the suspect was arrested following a tip off.
While Mary was paraded, her husband was not, but the police boss said both of them were in their custody.
The commissioner said, “Mary Mathew and her husband alleged that the girl was possessed and thus decided to lock her outside the house. On receipt of the information, personnel attached to Juvenile Welfare Centre of the police command visited the scene and met the girl in the cage as reported.
“She (the girl) was immediately rescued and taken to police clinic for medical attention, while the suspects are under interrogation and will soon be charged to court “
Harrison added that the victim would be taken to the state welfare home of the Ondo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare.
Also speaking, the police officer at the JWC of the command, Mrs. Olayemi Ojumu (ASP), who led the team that rescued the girl, told our correspondent that Precious had actually tested negative for HIV.
Mary, a farmer and indigene of Enugu State, said she only confined the victim to a corner in her shop.
She said she confined the four-year-old in the morning and released her in the evening whenever she came back from the farm.
Punchng.
*This is so horrible!
Illiterates.
ReplyDeleteJesus!!! And she's a mother? Must have her own kids too. You are the wicked witch. Bastard
DeleteHw cud she do ds to a child?wicked woman.
ReplyDeleteI watched one case of child abuse in Cameroon where the tormentor's trial was televised. I don't know when these people will stop being wicked to people just cos they are not ur family. How can u beat a 6yr old little girl and unleash such terror on her in the process. Even rubbing pepper on her injuries. Smh
ReplyDeleteThen when they sentence u, u start crying and the worst part for me is, I start pitying the accused, cry along and start hoping they temper justice with mercy.
For the witches on this blog, tormenting house helps, late sibling's sister, etc, the hand of the law will definitely catch up with u someday and if it doesn't, God will give u a death so bad, being burnt alive will look like child's play.
May God answer ur prayer as u also torment other bvs wit ur comments. Say Amen?
DeleteIdiot. If adults can't fight me back with mouth as I've fought them, it's God that will now take time off his busy schedule to come fight their battle? Shey u can see u don't have sense. We are talking about domestic violence/child abuse, u are talking about something as inconsequential as blog fight. Senseless retard
DeleteYinmu, stop being stupid. God does not answer such prayers, barbaric Eka bitterness.
DeleteSee as e dey pepper the wicked creatures for body 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂.
DeleteDon't worry, keep inflicting injuries on those harmless kids, ur own suffering is just around the corner.
See the woman's face sef! Evil couple.
ReplyDeleteSome people are out there walking like sane beings but they are not walahi. Cos only an insane being (man or woman) will do this to a four year old girl. 😢
ReplyDeleteWickedness.
ReplyDeleteHeartless being.
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Nigerian social system has got real job to do in the area of child welfare. There is no protection for children at all. Poor orphan child.
ReplyDeleteI think in recent times the awareness is making a huge difference. Unlike before, one would think there was no social services in Nigeria. They were just non existent
DeleteHian!!! The woman looks more like a witch and should be tied up to a tree and burnt alive.
ReplyDeleteThis is Incredible... Ur own pikin... Na wa o!
ReplyDeleteNot her child.
DeleteShe's wicked
ReplyDeleteThe woman looks more like the witch.
ReplyDeleteShe is. See her face
Deletena person fuck to born this pikin so o!
ReplyDeletewhy would anyone do this??
pikin na winch, shey na her winch land you for police cell so abi na your foolishness.
this is all types of annoying walahi!
People are frustrated and looking for causes or solutions to their problems and who point fingers at anyone, in this case a 4yr old. smh!
ReplyDeleteWhen I see evil been done against children, it breaks my heart and makes me to wonder if d world has lost all its sense of human feeling. God help us all oh
ReplyDeleteWhat has gone wrong with the human race? Such cruelty to a four year old? Seeing that child's picture has completely ruined my day.I wish you speedy recovery little one.
ReplyDeleteGoodness Gracious.... Mehn those couples need to be dealt with seriously for such an abuse. God punish those couples mercilessly
ReplyDeleteIlliteracy and poverty combined with heartlessness
ReplyDeleteThis regime (Buhari) is frustrating a lot of people. Angers full brekete everywhere. What do a four year old know about witchcraft.
ReplyDeleteIf you look well, it is the woman and husband that have the witchcraft spirit. May be the girl own no bring goodluck for them.
Did this kind of thing start with this administration? Abeg, there are some things u shouldn't just say
DeleteWaoo Eka.
DeleteI saw quarantine I thot Ebola yaff return cus na that period wia this Quarantine begin dey make hit.
ReplyDeleteOMG!! dis is wickness,they should also cage her 4 at least 6days no food no water, by so doing she wil realise how painful it is, heartless woman .
ReplyDeleteD woman look like witch! Wicked couple.
ReplyDeleteWicked people everywhere!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm,na wa ooo
ReplyDeleteGod please protect all the defenceless children. This breaks my heart.
ReplyDeleteOnly God knows how traumatized that little girl will be now, she will Wed years of therapy to feel 'normal' again. Such wickedness.
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