More details have emerged on the gruesome rape of a three-month-old baby at Adogi in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
WuzupNigeria reports that the baby was stolen from her sleeping mom side around 2am on 27 May 2020, she was later discovered in a pool of blood and abandoned at an uncompleted building about seven miles from their house.
She had been raped.
Speaking of the incident, the victim’s 45-year-old grandmother, Mrs Zule Inusa, revealed that the assailants are suspected ritualists, noting that parts of the baby’s private parts and anus were cut off and carted away.
Inusa begged Governor Abdullahi Sule, relevant security agencies and other stakeholders in to come to the aid of the family and arrest the culprit to ensure that justice is done.
She stated that the family was asleep and the door to their room was left open owing to excess heat being experienced in the area.
“We were together with my daughter that fateful night and nobody imagined something of this nature will happen to my grandchild,” Mrs Inusa said.
Mrs Inusa said that they sold some part of their properties at the sum of N130,000. She added that sympathizers contributed N243,000, and the monies were deposited before the doctors commenced the operation at JUTH.
She maintained that a day after the incident, a family member had reported the case to a police station in Adogi for prompt action but there was no police officer on duty at the night.
Mrs Inusa revealed that when the baby was found lying in the building at 3am with her pant kept aside, she was rushed to Agule private hospital in Adogi but the medical personnel could not handle the situation. From there, they were referred to Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital [DASh], Lafia but, here too, no medical personnel could handle the situation and they were further referred to JUTH where the victim is currently receiving surgical treatment.
