A 10-year-old boy has been rescued from his maltreatibg guardian, one MrscChioma Johnson popularly known as Mama Ifeoma in Makurdi, Benue State.
It was gathered from a post by human rights activist Ukan Kurugh on Facebook that the guardian, Mrs Johnson who lives off Zakibiam street, Wadata area in Makurdi was reported by a concerned resident after seeing the ill treatment meted on the little child for three years.
The post reads below;
A 10 years old male child has been rescued from his Maltreating guardian, one Mrs. Chioma Johnson, popularly known as mama Ifeoma, living at off Zakibiam street, Wadata area in Makurdi.
Today, after a concerned resident of the area brought her henious acts to my attention, I quickly called the NAPTIP Commandant, Mrs. Gloria Bai, and she was arrested.
According to my source: Mrs Chioma who is a private school teacher has maltreated and abused this little child for about 3 years now.
“She denied the boy of an education. While her four biological children attended school, this child is locked up inside the house.
“If one takes a casual glance on this child, one can easily see the gravity of the body injuries she has inflicted on him. And how malnourished he looks, as a result of not been fed most time.
“You can see the scars on his buttocks and on his head as a result of the hot leather she poured on him. She used razor to scrape the boys head before pouring the hot leather on him, so that he will get to feel the pain more.
“She will heat her kitchen knife and use it to burn the skin of this child.
“The child never leaves the house, when ever she and her children go out, they lock up the boy in the house; he will stay at the window and beg passerbys for water and food”
Her husband, is fully aware of the situation, and does nothing to stop it. Although he wasn’t at home when we arrived to make an arrest, but a call was put across to him to come to the Makurdi NAPTIP Office.
The woman and the child is now in the custody of NAPTIP, for the law to take its due course.
