The mother of a 10-month-old baby girl is demanding justice after she allegedly discovered that her daughter was raped at a crèche in Arepo, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The heartbroken mother explained to The Punch that she noticed bruises in her daughter’s private part after she returned from school.
‘I picked my daughter from the crèche in the evening and when I was bathing her at night, she screamed as I washed her private parts. The next morning, while bathing her again, the same thing happened. I later noticed some bruises in her private parts, which were swollen.
“At the hospital, they examined her and told us that she as molested sexually after which we reported the matter to the police. We also went to the school owner, Mrs Olabisi, to report the case,” the mother said.
There are however, reports that the crèche’s proprietress sent emissaries, including a cleric to plead with Beatrice to drop the case.
She is alleged to have also offered to pay the medical expenses incurred to got the baby’s treatment but the family turned down her offers.
The victim’s family is said to have also reported the case to a rights organisation.
The founder of an NGO, Racheal Omolara, lamented the incident which she said was reported to the police in March 2021 but has been dragging. She added that since the report, no arrest has been made.
Omolara added that, “We want justice for the child.”
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