The girl was rescued after a tip-off from community residents.
The Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has rescued a 17-year-old girl from her father, Sunday Ezeh, who allegedly tied her hands and feet and locked her up for a month without food.
According to her, some indigenes of the Nise area gave a tip-off to the ministry that Sunday Ezeh, a traditionalist, allegedly maltreated and locked up his stepdaughter. “The surgery was successful, and she is recuperating at the paediatrics ward of the teaching hospital,” she said.
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