.PoliceNG rescue 17-year-old girl ‘locked up by her aunt’ in Plateau | TheCable
According to NAN, Grace Pam, National Human Rights Commission coordinator in Plateau, said the girl was rescued in Rikkos area of Jos North LGA.
Pam said the victim was brought to live with her aunt after her grandmother, who was taking care of her, became sick. “The commission received information from an anonymous complainant that the girl was locked up on the balcony of a house by her aunt,” she said.“She was living with her grandmother before she came to the aunt’s house, because the grandmother took ill and could not continue to care for her.“Investigation revealed that the girl was truly malnourished and had scars on her hands, neck, and other parts of her body. The marks resulted from incessant beatings she received from her aunt.
“We had to rescue her on Thursday from her aunt; she beats her mercilessly, but thank God, she did not get her blind but got her injured in the eye,” she added.“When our staff went there, she was locked up in a zinc house where the aunt keeps her goats.
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