The sexual assault of a five-year-old by a teenage boy incapacitated her for five months but the story has not ended.
Aisha, five, has just been discharged from the hospital after five months on admission, and three surgeries to correct the harm done to her by Adamu Abdullahi, the neighbour, who allegedly raped her. Aisha’s recuperation, however, marks the beginning of another struggle. A life-long one perhaps, fraught with challenges that threaten to mar her irregular life.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Sulaiman Nguroje, said Abdullahi used the cover of a downpour, that fateful Friday, August 23, 2019, to molest the five-year-old, thereby causing her serious harm. “The attention of the police was drawn and they took her to the Sexual Assault Referral Centre . When they found that she would need a surgical operation, they transferred her to the Federal Medical Centre where she was admitted.”
It gave rise to the public refrain that while the alleged rapist was enjoying himself at a remand home, being fed by the state, the child he assaulted was lying critically ill in hospital and unsure of where her medical supplies and welfare needs would come from. “The next is not the fifth surgery. The first was a repair surgery. The next one was just to inspect the integrity of the repair surgery. So, she is going for the third surgery.”
This was, according to the Information Officer of the hospital, Mohammed Dodo, in line with the policy of the hospital to treat emergency cases with recourse to the hospital Paupers Fund until money could be sourced from the patient.The hospital discovered that Aisha was from a disjointed household. It was revealed that her father was in prison.
The FMC Information Officer, Mohammed Dodo, who disclosed what the hospital was doing for Aisha, said apart from the surgeries and medical supplies that were administered to the victim, free of charge, the special intensive care ward in which Aisha stayed was quite expensive.
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