Grandmother, Two Others Arrested for Allegedly Abusing Granddaughter in Minna

The Niger State Child Rights Agency and the police, have arrested a grandmother and two accomplices in Minna for allegedly physically abusing an eight-year-old girl.

The arrested grandmother, Safiya Azumi, residing in Daru Salam community, Kpakungun area of Minna, was said to be in the habit of beating the little girl and locking her inside a room to starve her for several days.

The acting director general of the agency, Mallam Suleiman Shehu, was alerted by neighbours about the situation on Friday, November 10, and he mobilized some staff to rescue the victim.

The girl was rescued with several dislocations on her hands and several bruises on her body and face.

The Agency called the State Criminal Investigation Department where the suspects were taken to the GRA police station where they were detained while the victim was taken to Minna General Hospital for medical treatment where her dislocated hand was adjusted.

Speaking to the victim at the hospital, she identified the woman whom she stayed with as her maternal grandmother and the other two people as her aunt whom she called Tani, and her husband whom she identified as Ndagi Bala.

She stated that the three individuals acquired her from her mother, expressing confusion over why she faced mistreatment despite consistently putting forth her best effort to complete any assigned task.

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