Friday, May 14, 2021

12 year old locked up and starved by her guardian for eight months

 


A 12 year old girl, identified as Jor Emmanuel, has been rescued by sokoto police after being caged for eight months by her guardians. 

According to reports, Joy was locked up and deprived of food by her guardians identified as Bassey and Esther Emmanuel at their home in the Sokoto cinema area in Sokoto North Local Government Area.

The spokesmanof the state police command, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, said the victim was rescued on Thursday, May 13. The victim's guardian have been arrested and detained at the Dadin Kowa police station. 

" They kept the girl in a cage, the girl was too frail to walk because she was emaciated. We met her in a very horrible situation, urinating and excreting inside the cage. The girl was taken to the specialist hospital for treatment' he said.