A woman in Nasarawa State identified simply as Aisha has been arrested by police after she allegedly poisoned her 13-year-old daughter.
The girl was said to have been raped and impregnated by her stepfather, Mohammed Sanni, in February but her mother told her not to disclose the paternity of the pregnancy.
However, the girl reportedly went ahead to confide in a neighbour that her stepfather was responsible for the baby in her womb and the news quickly spread across the community, The Punch reported.
This was said to have infuriated Aisha and she gave the victim a concoction that made her bleed profusely.
The teenager reportedly began to roll on the floor and crying profusely after taking the concoction before neighbours rushed her to hospital.
A neighbour, who assisted the girl, said, “I came with my elder sister from Kaduna to Nassarawa to greet our aunt, who told us about the pregnancy and how she suspected that the mother had poisoned the girl.
“She told us about the case in the night and the following morning, I went to the girl’s house. I saw her rolling on the floor; she told me that her mother gave her a drug in the night before and gave her concoction to drink in the morning.
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“I was alarmed and I looked for someone to take me to the king’s palace but the king was in a meeting.
“With the situation I left the girl at home, I could not wait for the king to finish the meeting and I could not take her to any hospital without police report; so I went to the nearest police station.”
She further disclosed that the victim’s stepfather was also arrested by police.
The good Samaritan added, “She was rushed to the hospital as an emergency case; an ultrasound scan was carried out on her and the doctor said he could not find the baby’s heartbeat.
“She was rushed to the ward and she immediately went into labour and started bleeding.
“The placenta took four hours to come out; a doctor had to be called to operate her.”
A doctor in the hospital where the victim is being treated said, “The case is almost getting out of hand because when she was brought in, she was bleeding. A pint of blood was given to save her life. She needs another pint of blood in order to be stable.
“As a doctor, I have been trying my best to counsel the people that have been helping her because they are getting tired because of financial constraints.
“Right now, the victim needs another pint of blood and there is neither a donor nor somebody to pay the money. There are also hospital bills to pay.
“The doctors treating her wanted to discharge her, but I told them not to discharge her in that condition because we don’t know what will happen.”