Touchaheart Nigeria reports that Delta State Police Command intervened as a woman defiles her 12-year-old niece for allegedly stealing garri and fish.
On Saturday, March 19, the incident occurred inside their joint family compound in Isiokolo, Ethiope East council area of the state.
Mercy Oba, the woman, was said to have became enraged when she discovered her garri and fish had been tampered with and stormed into the young girl’s room, picking up the food items and pounced on her.
Her blind mother was claimed to have heard Igho’s pleas and pleaded with her sister to halt the beatings.
Despite Igho’s mother’s protests, Mrs Mercy proceeded to pepper the girl’s vagina and insert a rod into her vagina, causing her hymen to be broken.
A rights activist, Kelvin Ejumudo, told journalists that he learned of the atrocity and quickly took his colleagues to the location, where they rescued the victim.
“Mercy Oba is the sister to the blind woman. The blind woman’s daughter, Igho, went to her room and took garri and fish,” Ejumudo explained.
“When the auntie met her in the room and asked ‘why are you stealing my food? Igho said they (herself and mother) were hungry
“She started beating the little girl. The blind mother managed to find her way down and pleaded for her to leave Igho, but she started to beat her too. The next thing, she carried the little girl to her room, put pepper in her private part and drove a stick into her vagina.
“People came and were holding her, but she threw their load outside, that they will no longer stay in the house. The next thing, she said she would kill them and nothing would happen
“I got the distress call that she’s an Igbo woman, so she feels that her juju will protect her. She felt untouchable. We swung into action and got her arrested. She was detained in our presence and medical care was given to the girl and her blind mother.”
According to him, the doctor reported that the girl’s hymen has been broken because of the force the auntie used in driving the stick into her private part.
He added that the matter will be charged to a court on Monday.
Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident on Sunday, said the aunt is cooling off her feet in police custody.
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