Members of the Save and Secure the Child Initiative, The Campaign against Child Abuse in Nigeria have rescued a six year old child, Chiagozie Nwobodo, from the deadly hands of her father who confessed of flogging his daughter with a matchet and inflicting her with heavy wounds as a result of the matchet cuts, leading to multiple sores all over the girl’s body, in addition to a broken leg.
The 44-year-old man, Hyginus Nwabodo, who is a native of Ezinifite, in Nnewi South local government area of Anambra state confessed to the heinous crime after being handed over to the Police by the men of the Ezinifite Vigilante group.
He said he had unleashed such dastardly acts on her daughter because of the destructive nature of his daughter, and went further to accuse his six-year old daughter of using matchet and metals to destroy his doors and walls, accusations the girl refuted. The man ended up blaiming the devil for his wicked act towards his daughter.
In his own speech, the Anambra State Principal of Save and Secure the Child initiative, Rotarian Kingsley Obi said the case will be charged to the Juvenile Court established by the Anambra State government on Wednesday, 2nd of August, 2023.
He further stated that since the launch of the “Save and Secure the Child initiative” three years ago, they have never experienced this level of maltreatment not to talk of this kind of wickedness coming from a father to his own daughter, describing it as, “both the depth and apogee of a father’s wickedness to his daughter” .
He advised the public to refrain from such acts that could endanger the lives of their children, adding that no childish ill behavior should elicit the abuse of a child by any form.
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