A three-month-old baby is currently battling for her life at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) after she was allegedly raped by an unknown assailant.

It was gathered that the incident happened at Adogi village in Nasarawa State around midnight on 27 May 2020 when the family was asleep and the door to their room left open due to heat being experienced in the area.

The assailant was said to have stolen the baby, who was sleeping beside her mother – one Maimuna Adam – and taken her to an uncompleted building where he defiled her.

Speaking on the incident, Maimuna said:

“The incident occurred on Wednesday 27 of last month when suddenly I woke up around 3am and found that my baby was missing. I checked my phone which was also close to me before I slept, but it was also missing.”

On discovering her baby had gone missing, Maimuna raised an alarm which woke people in the compound and others in the village.

A search for the baby was conducted on foot and motorcycles before she was found in an uncompleted building bleeding.

“She was found lying in the building with her pant kept aside. Everywhere across her private part was blood and then we rushed her to the hospital,” Daily Trusts reports.

The victim is currently receiving surgical treatment at JUTH.

The victim’s mother called on security and other stakeholders in Nasarawa to ensure the arrest of the culprit to ensure that justice is done.

According to Daily Post, the mother said a day after the incident, a family member had reported the case to a police station in Adogi for prompt action but there was no response so far.

When contacted, the spokesperson of the Nasarawa Police Command, ASP Ramhan Nansel said,

“The case was not reported to the police in Nasarawa. I called the police within which Adogi falls; the case wasn’t reported but we are still investigating the matter.”