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GRAPHIC: Police Rescue Malnourished Teenager, Caged by her Aunt for a Week in Plateau

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4 years ago

November 19, 2022

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Men of the Nigerian Police Force have rescued a 17-year-old Malnourished teenage girl locked up by her aunt in Rikkos, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

A neighbor reportedly alerted the National Human Rights Commission in Jos after which the police were invited leading to her rescue.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the aunt was fond of maltreating and starving the girl, an orphan.

The coordinator of the National Human Rights Commission in Plateau, Mrs. Grace Pam, confirmed the girl’s rescue.

“The Commission received information from an anonymous complainant that the girl was locked up on the balcony of a house by her aunt.

“She was living with her grandmother before she came to the aunt’s house because the grandmother took ill and could not continue to care for her.

“The complainant alleged that the aunt traveled for close to a week and left the girl without food.

“Investigation revealed that the girl was truly malnourished and had scars on her hands, neck, and other parts of her body.

“The marks resulted from incessant beatings she received from her aunt.

“The matter was reported to the police where the aunt’s statement was taken upon return from her trip.

“The girl has been provided with temporary shelter until she recovers.

“We also found out that the orphan girl was never allowed to go out, but was locked up in the house and not fed.

“She has been taken to hospital by one of our partners to ensure proper medical care,’’ she said

Pam lamented increasing cases of abuse of minors in the last few days, stressing that “as we speak, there is a case of another victim, a nine-year-old girl, who came to stay with her aunt barely two months ago.

“We had to rescue her on Thursday from her aunt; she beats her mercilessly, but thank God, she did not get her blind, but got her injured in the eye.

“We took her to the hospital on Friday with scars resulting from serious beatings.

“When our staff went there, she was locked up in a zinc house where the aunt keeps her goats.

“The girl is looking forward to going back to her parents,’’ she said.

The coordinator appealed to citizens to stop rights abuses.

She said when apprehended, the Child Rights Law, Violence against Persons Prohibition, Gender and Equal Opportunities Law, and others, already domesticated in the state, would be used to prosecute abusers.

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NDC: You’re fighting war no one is waging with you – Aisha Yesufu to Dickson

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19 minutes ago

June 11, 2026

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Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, senatorial aspirant for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Aisha Yesufu, has told the national leader of the party, Seriake Dickson, that it seems he is fighting a war no one is waging against him.

Yesufu said this in a lengthy post on her verified X handle on Thursday, in response to Dickson’s interview on Wednesday night.

She said the interview was so painfully appalling to watch, adding that he ought to pacify aggrieved members instead of using hurtful words on them.

Dickson, in the interview, said because Yesufu is popular on social media and well-known, she may not want to play by the rules.

Reacting to the interview, Yesufu said, “It seems as if you are fighting a war no one is waging with you.

“You rather ended up antagonising the very people you would need to win election. Every vote counts! A leader must stoop to conquer!

“Your first one-on-one interview after primaries and instead of selling your candidates and giving confidence to people on how set the road to winning the 2027 election was, you made it about yourself.

“With all due respect sir, it looks as if you consider the NDC a Special Purpose Vehicle whose aim has been achieved just by being registered instead of a Political Party whose aim is to win the 2027 General election decisively. The registration of NDC should be a means to an end and not an end in itself.”

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Jos driver bags prison sentence for stealing milk

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2 hours ago

June 11, 2026

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A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a driver, Olatunde Ayila, 47, to one year in prison for stealing 10 cartons of milk.

The convict, whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him.

The magistrate, Hannatu Ashom, sentenced Mr Ayila to one year in the correctional centre with an option of a N70,000 fine.

Ms Ashom also ordered Mr Ayila to restitute the N310,000 as compensation and, if he defaulted, to spend five additional months in the correctional centre.

While reviewing the facts, the prosecutor, Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported on May 5 at the “A” Division Police Station, Jos, by the complainant, Ugochukwu Uoani.

Mr Gokwat said that the convict was given N1,550,000 to buy 50 cartons of Dano milk but kept N310,000, which he used for his personal use.

He said the offences contravened the Plateau Penal Code Law.

(NAN)