POLICE ARREST TEACHER IN IMO FOR BATERING 12-YEAR-OLD STEP DAUGHTER
Read Time:2 Minute, 48 Second
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri
The police in Imo state have arrested a secondary school teacher in the state, Mrs Blessing Emmanuel, for dehumanizing her 12- year- old step daughter, Amarachi Emmanuel.
Mrs Emmanuel was arrested Tuesday following a complaint made by an Owerri based activist journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, at Owerri Area command headquarters located in the Owerri metropolis.
The victim’s plight was brought to Okeoma’s attention by two Owerri based women, Eunice and and Amarachi, who saw the girl selling sachet water on the streets of Owerri with her battered body.
A video clip posted by Okeoma on social media which had gone viral, the girl was seen with bruises, scars and matchet cuts.
Okeoma who confirmed the arrest of the woman in Owerri, on Thursday, said that he took the girl to Umuguma General hospital in Owerri, where she is receiving intense medical attention, currently.
READ ALSO:
KANO GOVT DONATES N100 MILLION TO MARKET FIRE VICTIMS
#hotjist
The journalist said” Amarachi Emmanuel is 12 years old. Her mother died in 2018 and her father married the suspect in 2019. They live in Nekede area of Owerri. The girl and her two siblings are out of school for years now. The woman commanded them to be harking satchet water for her everyday and be making returns to her while their mates are in schools.
“The girl told me that her step mom dehumanizes them. They sell pure water for her from morning till night and mostly go to bed hungry. The latest bartering was because the girl said she cooked rice and eat without the woman’s permission and on getting home, the woman battered her.
“I took the girl to Owerri Area command police headquarters and got the woman arrested, immediately. In order to save the girl’s life, I took her to Umuguma General hospital where she was admitted. I have also enrolled her into the Imo State Health Insurance Scheme for vulnerable children in the state.
“I have involved National Human Rights commission, Owerri Municipal Council welfare Department and the Imo State ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.
“Many Human Rights Organizations have also contacted me in regards to this case. The Owerri branch of the Nigeria Bar Association has also contacted me. Various media organizations are interested in the girl’s matter now.
“Bartering of children has no place in the 21st century. Police are investigating and my request is that the woman be arraigned. The woman turned the girl and her siblings to slaves, simply because their mother is late and their father is medically unstable.
“I want to get the girl and her siblings off the streets. My idea is to enroll her in a school and her siblings too. Currently, they leave in a shanty. They will need a decent apartment once she gets back on her feet, again.
“Her lapse, eyes, Virginia, left leg, right hand and stomach were battered with burns and matchet cuts. Little Amarachi Emmanuel needs all of us now. Let us tell her that humanity is not wicked. There are compassionate Nigerians all over.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed that the state Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, had ordered that the right things be done in the matter.
Happy
0 %
Sad
0 %
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
100 %
Surprise
0 %
0
0