The Nigeria Security
and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno has arrested a 38-year-old woman,
Hauwa Adamu, who allegedly flaming charcoal to burn the private parts of her
seven-year-old stepdaughter.
NSCDC
Commandant, Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, told a correspondent of the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Maiduguri that the woman was arrested in
Moduganari area of Maiduguri.
He said
that the case was reported to the command by good Samaritans.
Ibrahim
revealed that Adamu allegedly meted out horrible acts of punishment on the
minor, over what she called disobedience.
According to him,
preliminary investigations indicated that the suspect subjected the girl to
different forms of abuse.
Ibrahim
said that the girl was put under the suspect’s care sequel to the separation of
her parents.
He added
that the case had been transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition
of Trafficking in Persons, for further investigation and action.
