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Sunday 31 August 2014

Photos: Child labour - Young girl made to wash truck everyday

Child abuse is not only when you hit a child, giving them hard labour is also part of child abuse. And I consider asking a young girl to wash a truck this big every day as hard labour.

According to a LIB reader, one of her neighbours makes a young girl who lives with them who she says is between 12-15 years, to wash their truck either at night or in the morning...every single day. She says passersby only watch and complain but nobody has done anything about it. They believe her life is at risk because she tries to manage her space as other vehicles pass. This is happening at Kings Avenue, Ben Mill Road, Ogodu Berger, in case the authorities want to look into it.

Or are there people who think this is OK? See more photos after the cut...




165 comments:

Anonymous said...

go to the ghetto in lagos.. then its more than child abuse there...


#MayorsCrush

jasmine said...

Wickedness!

Anonymous said...

Bemil Ojodu Berger.

IG - @Hairbyniyot_ (08135891923) said...

So pple are just wicked so heartless

Unknown said...

This is wickedness. #######QUEENMAYA########

Steveosky 4 Real. said...

Anyone that thinks the is ok should have his or her head examined. People kill people, guns don't kill people..!!

Unknown said...

My dear dis is even mild. Wen u see de tins dese young ones go through in de name of househelp or watever u will pity them. Dats why I'm still applauding Tonto Dike 4 even having time 2 look after her maid. De next we will see is a gal washing private jet.

I'm out. ***CATCH ME IF U CAN***

Unknown said...

LIKE SERIOUSLY? Wash a truck "EVERYDAY"? That is EFING CRAZY!!

Anonymous said...

It's Bemil road, Ojodu Berger.

Unknown said...

People are just wicked......she's someone's daughter as well. Hian!

Voice of man said...

God is watching....VOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Its quite a pity.
Thank God for not being man.
I pray help comes the way of these children very soon.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Anonymous said...

Linda I don't think it's right for u to put that address up there. And the person who sent this in is being silly. I'm not in support of making a child do this, but u shud have tried to correct the people making her do so, and if they are adamant only then can u go this extreme. Saying people only pass and complain within them doesn't cut it

Anonymous said...

Linda this should be investigated by child right. Kudos to the person who posted this This will encourage others to do same Slaves Masters we are watching you.

Anonymous said...

this is horrible
Linda its Ojodu Berger and not Ogodu Berger

Unknown said...

And then they will dress up go to church or mosque or to which ever God they worship and ask for progress for themselves and all their generation. These people need to be jailed for life

Anonymous said...

It's not right at all.girls don't even wash cars let alone truck at ds her age.

Anonymous said...

It's not fair at all.

Amazing Wedding Cake Promo (Abuja). said...

I can imagine the kind of beating they will give her if she doesn't wash it well. Hmmmnnnn, what a sad life.

Anonymous said...

It is not proper for a girl of 12-15 years to be washing such big truck very day

Anonymous said...

Wicked world

Anonymous said...

Wicked world

Unknown said...

even me dats way older cant wash that,i will understand if it was a boy,but a girl?common!!!

Anonymous said...

Useless people plenty for this world oh, Funniest part, the man might have grown up kids Oloshi omo ale, all ur children will suffer for this IJN, I don't comment on LIB, I just read news and go, but what i'm getting here now adays is terrible, Sis Linda nah u fit help us out thou.. @Tobi

Unknown said...

Dats very bad of the child's guardians,they shud be arrested.

Anonymous said...

If she poisons them, I won't mind.

Anonymous said...

Mehn wetin God go jude plenty ooo.... Thts cruelty
Follw on twittr@successralu

Olori Jojo said...

Authority should see 2 this pls,this is jt 2 much 4 a little girl.So they couldn't pay 4 car washers,2 bad

Unknown said...

Na waoooh God dey sha

Anonymous said...

It is called House Work

ary said...

When you look into it you will find out that the kid isn't theirs, she probably is a relative's child or they took her from her parent in the guise of house help in return for financial help. People got to realize that till you can do something for someone who can't do anything for you in return, you haven't really done anything!

Stephanie Brown said...

This is a cruel thing to do, if this girl was their child will she be subjected to such labour? What then happened to car washes in Lag. This family needs to be arrested. My opinion

confessor said...

Linda it's ojodu/berger not ogodu/ berger

Anonymous said...

It is called house work

confessor said...

Linda it's ojodu/berger not ogodu/ berger

Unknown said...

That is life for u. People who finds life easy should always thank God. People who does not struggle much b4 food lands on ur their table should always thank God. Because they are not better than this girl and so many out there who struggle to survive.

Anonymous said...

hi Linda, please i would love to send you a video, how do i email it to you? thanks

Anonymous said...

100% sure the owner of the house shown in the pictures is NOT actually the owner of the truck. Somebody just parked his/her truck in the available place on the street. Blogger should render apology to whoever owns the house because the pictures made it look like the owner of the house owns the truck in question and tarnished his image as child abuser.

Unknown said...

this is unfair






BORN TO SHINE!!!!

Anonymous said...

God where are you ? ? ? ? ?

Nurul Hudin said...

Hi Mrs Linda, What is mean of the pictures?
I'm not understand..

AMIJEZ said...

This is sheer wickedness. Their children can never do this. Things that people do come back to them one way or the other way round. Giving ur child out will and can never be the ultimate,muru k'iga azu.

Anonymous said...

Linda..forget that matter!!!
Have you asked the girl if she would prefer washing that truck every morning and eating 'Indomie' or going back to her village and carrying firewood every morning...which in your definition is also 'child-abuse'

The problem with Nigerians that argue on matters like without Context! If this is Child Labour to you...then, I think 90% of Nigerian Children are under Child Labour...and don't for once think i support it...it just the way life is in Third World Nations...we have to learn to deal with it

Let me give you a run down of activities and please, let me know if it is Child Labour
1) Carrying 10 KGS of Firewood every morning
2) Waking Up 4am every morning to go to the Stream and fry Garri before going to School
3) Hawking tomatoes in residential areas...
4) Hawking 'stuffs' in Traffic Jam (known as Go Slow)...
5) Massaging you madam's legs every morning

iffy said...

This is child labour, and should be stopped

Unknown said...

Jesus! Wickedness oooooo

Unknown said...

its okay joor this is how to build a child in Africa we all have such experiences.no big deal. Abeg next

Anonymous said...

Hian...inukwa wickedness.. This world is turning to something else...the other time was a young who her madam forced to sit on electric burner. .. God help us

Anonymous said...

great piece

Eugenia Ekeji said...

And they'll never expose their own child to such abuse.

Unknown said...

Abeg its not ok o. I don't support the idea of children washing even cars talk more this huge trailer. Tho some kids enjoy washing cars sha. Kids should be giving in house chores like sweeping, cleaning furniture in accordance to their capacities. Bt washing trailer is a no no. D motor boy or driver should do that.

Unknown said...

Liar.....

chris washy said...

May God help us. Can dey ask dia only child to do dis

Anonymous said...

Really? D head of her employers or whatever they are called is not correct. We can imagine what goes on inside d house. I beg anybody who has d connection should do something. Nothing when person no go see

chukson said...

God will judge us all.

Anonymous said...

It's Bemil road

Phatymarh said...

This isn't cool at all

Anonymous said...

This is so not fair.

Anonymous said...

The address is wrong. Rather Bemil road, just after Baba Sule Bus-stop, Ojodu Berger.

Anonymous said...

It's Bemil

Unknown said...

Nat gweed @ll

Anonymous said...

The address is wrong. Just after Baba Sule Bus stop, Bemil Road, Ojodu Berger.

timi noni said...

Linda, d address is Bemil, not ben mill and its ojodu berger, not ogoju berger.... ..its ma hood....

Bestman said...

This surely is child abuse...but in Nigeria who cares?

Anonymous said...

This is so sad and bad.!

Anonymous said...

Thought they were writing their SSCE when abducted. What result did they use for their admission into the university? Hope no 2015 consideration?

Anonymous said...

Sorry, comment meant for chibok girls' admission

Anonymous said...

This is wickedness, how can a child wash a truck alone. Mehn the heart of man is wicked. Rozay talking

Anonymous said...

D man need to be arrested immediately bcos dis is more Dan child abuse. Tiii

Anonymous said...

This can never be okay. It is pure evil...

Anonymous said...

Nawa ,this kind of thing sef

Unknown said...

This is wrong and the evil people doing this to this girl should be arrested.

Anonymous said...

The area is called 'bemil' and not 'ben mill' ..this isn't just alright because she's too small for this type of work. I think drastic measures should be taken to put the man to order.

#Soft

Anonymous said...

Everything is just wrong with our society!!!! Do we even have a limit line??Too many "cruella's" in the society!! These pictures are disturbing, asking pertinent questns lyk "do we even have human rights office"...... And before some perverts starts deducing dt with the watermelon on her chest,she can't be "12".....Try and acquire lil education, some pple girls develop way fast..#cheEZyjayne

Unknown said...

Olamide Says, "My Dad Still Don’t Support My Music"

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku said...

Awww......this is too much for her

obietrezy said...

So unbelievable, how will some be this hard to the girl.... Na wao

LYNNE said...

Relevant authorities should look into this. This girl is too little to perform a task as tedious as washing a big truck on a daily basis. This is simply cruel

Anonymous said...

Wat a man can do,a woman can do beta...ryt? Wd der be an uproar if a 12 to 15yr old boy ad to cook for a 100 people ery nyt/morin? Madam,as long as shes going to school nd isnt treated badly,i c nufn wrong. Id assume dt d family z fed via d income from d truck biz,eryone contributes a part. Just ma opinion...

Anonymous said...

Is not okay at all...is wickedness because I know the girl can never be the daughter of the owner of the truck.

Anonymous said...

Heartless.

Anonymous said...

This is not a matter of Incase. They have to look into it. It saddens my heart it's soul destroying to see the apple of Gods eyes children treated in anyway less than sacred. Our attitude of "turn a blind eye" says terrible things able us as a people and about us as a nation. It has GOT to change

ZeeZee said...

This has broken my heart...
God save your children

Anonymous said...

This is pure wickedness!!


Breezy_p blazing MTN

Anonymous said...

Big man afo nsi

Anonymous said...

wickedness at its peak .

The authorities should get the owner of that truck arrested

APPLE said...

Poor man pikins don suffer.

Dinma said...

Na wa o. Wot kind of heartlessness is ds? Dem no c car wash? Haba!!!

Anonymous said...

Linda eh!,its Bemil road,ojodu berger, not Ben mill,I knw d house in question.

Anonymous said...

How can this be OK. This is simply wickedness

Anonymous said...

Dis is wickedness

Anonymous said...

Poverty takes you to the very ebb of insanity.


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Blondie said...

That's wickedness

Anonymous said...

This is sad, laws should be made against child labour in Nigeria.

Anonymous said...

it is not ok. child labor has been with black people for many years and history teaches that this was the reason Slave trade thrived hugely in our society. The authorities can only do much if they are empowered by our constitution which I am not aware of.We may have laws against such things but we all know that implementation of these laws are not as effective as in other climes .

Tunde Eldorado said...

C'est pa normal...... Not cool

Anonymous said...

Peeps n their retard reasoning. Am so sure d person doing this also has a child.....
Its all ryt. Treat ur child as a king while another nt bilogical child a slave.....
Law of karma awaits u....

NaNcY DreW said...

Is so wrong I can't even wash a car

Anonymous said...

This is child abuse and wickedness as well linda please take this matter to appropriate authority.

Unknown said...

Whoever posted this to Linda did a good thing I hope something will be done soon.

Anonymous said...

hmmmmmm somethinh were GOD go judge plenty oo.#THAT AKWA IBOM BOY#

Anonymous said...

@Linda In as much as this act is unacceptable, you may make matters worse for the girl by this approach you have adopted. If she's sent out after this post, would u take her in? Are you placing her on scholarship? Pls let's act with caution!

Anonymous said...

Human rite NGO's shuld trace d address & sue this wicked & inhuman guidian of this young girl to court.Slavery of any Kind isn't allowed anymor in dis mordan age.NAPTIP pls do somethin fast abot dis.Let them feel D heat, so others learn a lesson from this.Calebsy!

Anonymous said...

Human rite NGO's shuld trace d address & sue this wicked & inhuman guidian of this young girl to court.Slavery of any Kind isn't allowed anymor in dis mordan age.NAPTIP pls do somethin fast abot dis.Let them feel D heat, so others learn a lesson from this.Calebsy!

Unknown said...

Linda it is Ojodu berger not ogodu... nd it is BEMIL

Okoro said...

Why would anyone think its OK?

Damochedxb said...

Like seriously ,this is just ridiculous. How much for car wash? Some people can use fellow humans anyhow, just because they can. Imagine the small girl washing this monstrous truck? Na wa oo.. No conscience at all.

Anonymous said...

This is so so unfair to this child

Damochedxb said...

What the hell do they need this sand carrying monstrous tipper washed for? This is the height of slavery..

Anonymous said...

abeg equal rights

shebi women want equal rights

oya u have the right to equally wash the truck

selective hypocrisy abounds in Nigeria

#king said...

Linda I knw dis place exactly..I hav seen dis truck b4..hw can a small gal wash such a big truck alone..will call my frnd who stays arnd.......................................#KingOfKings

Anonymous said...

Govt should arrest de man dat sent her to wash de truck, is to bad

Anonymous said...

Its not okay,may be the girl is an househelp but where is her mum?things happen,may be she has been paid the little girl wages

Anonymous said...

How is she going to wash d top?

ah ah said...

Not too sure if I would agree that this is child abuse, we don't know the livign arrangements of the child, are her needs taken care of? Also if this is child abuse, then during my parents age and even know children that have to work on the farm for hours to help their parents is also child abuse. My father had to do just that until her finished high school. Please note, though he worked on a farm, he STILL attended school and when he was done he was free to pursue higher education.

So before we label this situation child abuse more things need to be known.

Unknown said...

This is not proper. To think that she does this everyday makes the situation even worst.

Anonymous said...

This is Nigeria mahn. We hate ourselves.

comfort said...

S not ok @ all...I pray d govt look into this shaa.

Daily diet tv said...

when we will realise the ill-effects of child labour and the importance of children? Laws are of little help here. We as citizens of this great nation can help put a stop to this madness.


























































~BADOO OF COVENTRY

Unknown said...

Na,na,na 2 Bad.

Unknown said...

IVE SEEN SIMILAR THING TOO, IN MY AREA WHERE A YOUNG FEMALE HOUSE HELP IS ASKED TO WASH AN SUV AND A MINI BUS EVERYDAY BEFORE LEAVING FOR SCHOOL Gog help us o

Anonymous said...

Nope. I don't think it's ok at all! Very mean spirited.

Unknown said...

Importance of child rights act in Nigeria to be enforced

Unknown said...

This truckis too mighty for a 20years old to wash all alone let alone dis small girl..

#serious child abuse come add hard labour join#

ConfusedEagle said...

Linda, the correct name is Kings Avenue, BEMIL ROAD, OJODU- BERGER.

Anonymous said...

Ha Linda dis can nt be ok na,dis is wickedness how wud people be dis heartless dnt dey ave human sympathy,abeg human right activist where una da.grace b

Anonymous said...

Classic! Bet they won't let their own children wash plates!

STEPHANIE said...

THIS IS UNFAIR A GIRL FOR THAT MATTER. GOD IS HER STRENGTH. I PRAY THAT A TIME WILL COME WHEN WHO EVER THAT SENT HER TO DO SUCH WORK FOR HIM OR HER WILL TURN OUT BE HER OWN SERVANT. PEOPLE ARE MEAN. ubysmith@gmail.com.

Unknown said...

This is bad.....

Zizi said...

How much e b to wash truck ehhh or even get an adult to do it wicked people

Terrific said...

Them done finish arrest AlimoDu Sheriff?

WeALTHY ChIC said...

This is unfair.

Anonymous said...

U dey craaaaze!!!!! Shey u hear?? Na craze u dey craze.... Idiot!!!!

Anonymous said...

From ur english, I don't expect you to understand

Anonymous said...

FOOL

Anonymous said...

From ur english, I don't expect you to understand

Anonymous said...

FOOL

Bh33J4Y said...

God help us sha...

"Only God Know"

Damochedxb said...

Yo, making a young girl wash such humongous truck when there are car washes everywhere is heartless slavery.. Its just too much of a task..

Damochedxb said...

Man u have no conscience. Smh!!

Damochedxb said...

Go back and take a look at those pictures again and tell if what you saw is something you see everyday. Then tell me it isnt abnormal.

Anonymous said...

Thank u abeg. You have sense

Anonymous said...

Linda, na wah for you.

Growing up in a 'middle class' Nigerian family my parents insisted that we do chores at home. No living stuff for the househelps only. My own chore was to wash my daddy's care EVERY DAY before I go to school.

When water did not run, I was expected to fetch the water. I got up early enough to wash the car before a would bathe and then eat breakfast before going to school.

Working for ones upkeep is not abuse.

mary said...

this is broad day slavery. very wrong in every sense, no matter how much you are paying the parents of this child or how much you are paying for her school fees, she should not be made to go through this torture as a young girl, do people have conscience at all?

Anonymous said...

Pls I have a question, where is the official spot for truck wash? Whose job is it to wash a truck?

We need to accept plenty unusual things cos people re trying to survive, what has the government put in place?

Please focus on what will help the country, someone married a 7 years old, what do u have to say?

All those people sweeping 3rd mainland bridge, are they ment to be there? Can't the government buy machines to do that?

U think age counts? Pls go to obalende In lagos n see under age girl selling their body for six to make a living,

If washing that truck will keep her off the stress, n she meets up with school n play with friends, then it's her duty.

Pls blame the government. And make sure u don't buy news papers, gala or anything from
The stress. wait for it to come to ur door step or go to the mall n get them, until then lev that family alone, we re worst in Nigeria n let's keep praying things changes for Good.

God bless Nigeria.

Eka Joy said...

Very big folll, with his large head like tomato Jos

Anonymous said...

Linda it is "Ojodu Berger" not "Ogodu Berger"

Anonymous said...

this is just one of the numerous abuses going on.the guardians shld be arrested

Anonymous said...

Children should do chores that are age appropriate.

beezy said...

Mail ad z on her blog

Nusitech said...

It's called daily chore. That's her contribution to the household.
I bet if it's a boy we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Anonymous said...

Oloshi! You must be d girl's madam, bcz dey hav published your address u want to discourage us, tah!! Oya go n report urself or repent...idiat!

Anonymous said...

My qstn to u is simple...wud u let ur child do it? Or if it was ur child wud it still b okee, be it a third or fourth or watevr position world? It seems normal to some of u bcz pple hav made it okee, bt its not. Do on to others wat u want done to u or your own, blv me dis will somehow turn around to bite whoevr put her up to dis in d ass...God doesnt sleep...lai lai!

Anonymous said...

Car wash ppl go even tire 2 d car.find some else 2 do

Anonymous said...

Is bad do such o

Anonymous said...

August 31, 2014 at 9:54 AM SHUT UP AND LEAVE LINDA ALONE SHE DID THE RIGHT THING WITH THIS PUBLICITY, THE LITTLE MIGHT JUST GET THE HELP SHE NEEDS TO GET AWAY FROM THOSE EVIL PEOPLE WHO AR USING HER AS A SLAVE AND I DONT CARE EVEN IF THEY ARE HER FAMILY MEMBERS COS THEY ARE EVIL PLAIN AND SIMPLE

Anonymous said...

Na u sabi @ no conscience. Nigerians r jst hypocrites nd cant handle d truth. Honestly,everyone plays a part. Her boss wont go out all day to work hard,drivn d truck,nd makn money for d fam. Nd den jst come home to feed her free of charge. C'mon mehn,think. He works,hs wife prolly works,d gal works nd goes to skl aftawards. Washn a truck aint a biggie,mk una stop d hullabo

Unknown said...

@sarz,i will jus assume u didn't mean what u wrote.

Unknown said...

@Enessy,and u Neva did anytin to stop it.

VICTOR EKEANYANWU said...

The Problem with this country is that people like you Linda Blog about it and expect the authorities to go after them. It doesnt work like that. What will happen if you go after the case yourself

yawanow said...

This is unacceptable and wrong.
Tagging everything to government is not helping at all. The question is " is it right or wrong for an underage girl to wash truck everyday"

yawanow said...

This is unacceptable and wrong.
Tagging everything to government is not helping at all. The question is " is it right or wrong for an underage girl to wash truck everyday"

Anonymous said...

Linda make this your next Aluu 4 cause to pursue.

Anonymous said...

its everywhere and the worst part is tha no one isdoing anything bout it :/

Anonymous said...

Identify yourself let's be sure you're not the culprit here, or you're not into the same game with your helps. Because, if you're not, you should feel bad and strive to expose this steel blooded couple who find it enjoyable to watch the fruit of another person's womb suffer this way while (I believe) their kids are at the oak dinning table chewing at delicacies for breakfast, prepared by the same poor kid, who's likely to enjoy only the aroma. Remember the world doesn't belong to one person alone. Tables turn. Linda has done nothing wrong in going straight to expose them, because they're likely to even attack her and call her names on the street "for not minding her business"

Anonymous said...

Na ppe like ds idiot we dey talk. Oponu

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