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I wept when I saw the injuries inflicted on my 14-year-old daughter, Princess’ mother reveals

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A mother identified as Sarah Micheal has narrated how her 14-year-old daughter was rescued from a supposed deaconess’s house and how she wants justice served.

According to Punch, Sarah Micheal who hails from Kuturah in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State is a farmer.

The 35-year-old had given her daughter to her husband’s younger sister who in turn gave her to one Mrs Awolola.

According to Sarah, the woman had willingly accepted Princess and promised to send her to school and take care of her. Princess also lived with her since 2019.

When asked how she knew her daughter was been maltreated. she said;

I got to know about it in May, 2020.

The woman called and told us that Princess was stealing food and other things. She called the father and he said he would like to speak to Princess to find out whether it was true that she was stealing.

He, however, asked the woman whether she was feeding his child well because he knew his daughter would not steal if well-fed.

When he spoke with Princess and scolded her, he asked her in Hausa whether it was true that she was stealing things. But Princess didn’t respond because the woman (Awolola) told her to have the conversation in English.

But after some time, he said he would collect his daughter since her guardian complained that she was stealing things. She accepted but when they came to pick her, she denied them access.

Sarah said when she and her husband got to the lady’s house, she told them there was coronavirus and she would not allow us access to her house until the pandemic was over.

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When asked how she eventually rescued her daughter. she said;

When we were not allowed access to her house, we went back to our relative who had demanded her return and explained what happened. He was angry and called the woman. He gave the woman six hours to return the child. While he was speaking, the woman questioned his authority. But when she heard how angry and serious the man was, she felt threatened and decided to report herself to the police.

According to Sarah the woman, Mrs Awolola had pleaded with the police to give her one month before returning her daughter

She told the police to help her beg us to leave our daughter with her for one month before returning her. She said the child was not with her, but in Abuja.

The police came and explained to the man and pleaded on her behalf that the child would be returned after one month.

But the man stood his ground. He explained to the police that the woman had been delaying the return of the child since May 2020.

The police left and told the woman that we insisted on having our daughter back in six hours. But we later gave her three days to return the child since she claimed the girl was in Abuja.

It was on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, that she eventually returned the child.

According to the PUNCH, Sarah had said that upon her daughter’s return, there were a lot of changes in her body.

When I saw her, she had bruises and her mouth and face were swollen. We asked the woman why our daughter looked that way and she said she did something bad and had to be punished. But Princess’ uncle told us to take her inside the house and check her body properly to see whether the bruises were only on the face. His observation was because my daughter was well dressed, which he felt was suspicious.

When we went inside the house and checked, we started screaming and crying because of the severity of the injuries on her body and her private part. When I saw my daughter and the severity of the injuries, I felt very bad and wept. I regret sending my daughter to live with someone I don’t know. The first day we got to Mrs Awolola’s house, the first thing she asked us was whether we were born-again. She started praying for all of us that came to her house on that day. She also used anointing oil and ‘holy water’. We thought our child was in a safe place only for her to return my child in that condition.

Taking Princess to the hospital, the doctor confirmed that she had to have stitches because of the stick inserted in the girl’s vagina. She said;

When the child was taken to hospital, the doctors said the child had to have some stitches because of the stick that was inserted in the girl’s vagina. They said the child would be admitted for proper treatment. Mrs Awolola said it was the work of the devil and that she would take care of the bills.

In terms of justice, the mother said that whatever her daughter deems right, she stands with her.

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