OFFICERS of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a woman and a nurse for trying to get a 12 year old girl to terminate a pregnancy which her husband was responsible for after raping the youngster.
In a sordid and gruesome case of child abuse, the girl, simply identified as Favour, has been rescued by the police in the Mafoluku area of Oshodi in Lagos State where her aunt and her husband took her to get rid of a pregnancy. Apparently, Favour had been raped several times by her aunt’s husband, identified as Johnbull Dike, before she conceived.
It was learnt that while Favour was put in police’s care, a manhunt was launched for Johnbull, a tricycle rider, who fled the area after the police rescued the girl. Mr Dike’s wife and the nurse who was caught during the abortion have seen been arrested by the Akinpelu Police Division.
According to eyewitnesses, the girl was taken to the nurse on Sunmola Street, Mafoluku, on Wednesday, May 4. However, some residents tipped-off child rights’ group Child Protection Network, who in turn involved the police.
Upon inspection, Favour, who was discovered to be four months pregnant, had been allegedly raped on several occasions by the suspect in January 2016. Johnbull, a father of three and his wife Happiness, found out that Favour was pregnant in February, after which they asked her to stay with their trader friend in Mafoluku, to hide the evil deed.
However, the woman was said to have returned Favour to the couple in April, saying she could not afford to take care of her. Johnbull and Happiness, who lived on Brown Street, subsequently took Favour to the nurse to get rid of the pregnancy.
Ebenezer Omejalile of Child Protection Network, said Favour did not inform her aunt about the rape, because Johnbull had threatened to kill her if she did. His organisation has also reported the matter to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team in Alausa.
Mr Omejalile said: “The case was brought to my attention by a community development committee secretary in Oshodi, Mr Mamora. The victim was raped and impregnated by her aunt’s husband.
“I went to see the girl at the place where the aunt had taken her with the connivance of a nurse to abort the pregnancy. The girl underwent a scan before the abortion bit it was a failed process because she began to bleed at the nurse’s place."
He added that the police took Favour to a proper hospital to get rid of the remaining foetus. Happiness revealed that her husband had fled from the house since the day of her arrest.
Lagos State Police Command spokesperson Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident, adding that the police were on the trail of Mr Dike. He added that the state commissioner of police has ordered that the case be transferred to the gender unit of the command and the arrested persons will be charged to court.
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