Police Rescue 6-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Tortured By Stepmother In Ogun

• 6-year-old girl rescued from torture by stepmother
• NGO offers to pay medical bills and fees until she graduates higher institution.

A six-year-old girl has been rescued by men of the Ogun State Police Command, after reports of alleged torture by her stepmother, Abimbola, at their residence in Ijagba, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.

According to reports, Abimbola has a habit of using nails to torture the little girl.

The attention of the police was brought to the plight of the six-year-old girl by Olanrewaju Omo-George Foundation (NGO) after neighbours had reached out to them concerning the treatment of the little one by her father, Taiwo Onabanjo and his new wife.

Christopher Onuegbu, The foundation’s supervisor, who reported the case to the police, said “We received a distress call that a stepmother had been torturing a child with nails. The stepmother used the nails to inflict injuries on her head and body, and we asked for the location, and the person said it was in Ijagba, Sagamu. I informed our secretary to report the incident at the Sagamu Police Station, where two policewomen accompanied our secretary to the address and arrested the stepmother.

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“During the arrest, the neighbours came out and testified that the woman had been maltreating the child. A call was made to the husband, and when he came, he supported his wife and the Divisional Police Officer arrested him. The child has been running a temperature because she was brutalised from head to toe; we took her to the Skylack Medical Hospital, where she is receiving treatment.

“We are trying to locate the biological mother of the child, who is said to be in Ijebu-Igbo. Our foundation has decided to settle the victim’s medical bills and sponsor her education until she graduates from higher institution.”

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the husband had been released, but his wife will be in their custody for interrogation at the Sagamu Divisional Police headquarters.

Oyeyemi added that the victim has been taken to hospital for medical attention.

He said the suspect would be charged to court once the investigation is concluded.