It was a sad day in Mowa, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, as an 11-year-old girl simply identified as Princess had a near death experience.
Despite cheating the cold hands of death, the life of this 11-year-old girl may never be the same, neither would she continue her life with the once perfect skin she had.
A landlord identified as Michael poured hot water on the 11-year-old girl.
After the incident, the sister of a tenant in the house, who gave her name as Ejiro, revealed that her sister had planned to leave the apartment which she rented.
Ejiro said her sister wanted to leave the apartment over fear of being beaten by the landlord who had made it a habit to beat the girl and her mother when she (mother) was still with the man.
Strange Beating
She said: “I am here to see my sister at Baba Ticket area, Oniru Phase 3, Mowe. My sister told me her landlord beats the daughter of his estranged wife.
I thought it was a normal beating, but last Thursday, I heard the sound of someone throwing punches at somebody.”
“I asked who was being punched. A neighbour told me it was the landlord punching his daughter.
“When we rushed there, we saw that he held a whip and was beating her. I asked him why he was beating her, he said the girl refused to go to school.
The Plan
“We begged him to stop, and he did. On Friday morning, he still beat the girl.
“My sister had said she was planning to pack out of the apartment because the landlord may descend on his tenants one day and she may be a victim.
“This (Monday) morning, I saw injuries on the girl’s body. I was so scared. He had poured hot water on the girl’s body on Saturday.
The girl’s brother told us that when they were hungry, they told the man, and he in turn asked the girl to put water on the stove.
“Then he began beating her and when the water was hot, he poured it on her body. We heard her screams that night.”
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She added that there was also a day the man beat the girl for three hours because she ate bread.
The Victim’s Mother Speaks
Princess’ mother, Grace Ojile while speaking on the issue said the man had beaten the little girl severl times.
Ojile said: “(He poured) hot water on her body. If you see the back, it’s all burnt. He inflicted injury on her head last week, I just heard that. I’m with her at the hospital”.
Princess, who spoke from the hospital bed on Monday night, said, “He poured hot water on me on Saturday; boiled water.”
Investigation
The Mowe Divisional Police Officer of the station, Afeniforo Folake, said the suspect had been detained.
He added that the matter would be transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, for further investigation.
The DPO said, “I have arrested the man and detained him. The man overreacted. The girl has been discharged from the hospital and the case has been transferred to the state CID”.
