9year old girl battered by her madam, raped on a daily basis by grown men

According to the organisation’s project
co-coordinator, Maria Jones, “she claimed she was raped on a daily basis by two
men . She said they usually carried her from the balcony on the ground floor of
the duplex which she was sleeping, while every other person had gone to
bed.

They would take her to their room and have canal knowledge of her.
This continued without the knowledge of Alhaja because she said Hajia was always
travelling.
“If you look at her properly, you will notice that her left
finger has disappeared and also, she has burns on her hand.

When we asked
her, she said she was asked by one of Alhaja’s relatives to boil water and when
she was going to check, it poured on her. She gave the names of the boys who
usually had carnal knowledge of her as Aboy and Japan.

The most pathetic
aspect of it is that the girl claims she was never enrolled in any school. She
told us that the last beating she received from her guardian’s relatives was
because she was hungry and ate gala without their permission. She said she was
usually given food only in the morning and afternoon.”

Speaking with Crime Alert on the
development, the National Human Rights Commission Zonal Coordinator, South west,
Mrs Mausi Segun, informed that the little girl would be taken from the NGO
soon. According to her, ” we are interested in the child.

Meanwhile, Crime Alert
investigation revealed that those suspected to have raped the little girl
were initially arrested and detained at Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos but were later
released on the orders of a top ranking police officer accused of trying to
sweep the case under the carpet. There were also reported threats on the little
girls’ aunt’s life, as she was accused of blowing the case out of
proportion.
All these accusations, according to Segun, would be looked into.
“We first deal with that of the AIG’s office here and if he is not doing what he
is supposed to do, we will take it to the IG’s office”, she stated

Source: Vanguard