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Saturday 11 July 2015

Heartbreaking photos: 12yr old girl battered by her father in Lagos

12 year old Kafayat Kareem was battered by her father who used barb wire to beat her mercilessly for defending her mother during one of her parent's fight at their home in Orile Iganmu, Lagos. Kafayat's father pounced on his wife after he discovered she used his money to play lottto. Kafayat, who is a Junior Secondary School 1 student at Canal Secondary School, Orile, Lagos, said if not for the timely intervention of vigilante people who found her writhing in pain inside the market, she would have died.


She narrated her experience to TheNation
"I live with my parents at 4 Kuforiji Street, Orile. On July 7th, I ran away from home after receiving severe beating from my father. My offence was that I tried to stop him from beating my mother. My father accused my mother of using his hard earned money to play lotto game and he descended on her with anything he could lay his hands on. My father alleged that my mother loves patronizing lotto game and he beat her up mercilessly and broke her knees. Despite my mother’s cry for help, none of our neighbours came to her rescue because they are afraid of my father. 
I could not bear the beating anymore and I begged my father to stop beating my mother. He became furious and pounced on me. 
This is not the first time my father will beat my mother and I. I have lost count of his endless beatings. On one occasion, I begged my mother to relocate four of us her children to Ilorin so we can stay away from our father due to his constant beating. I am the first child but my mother said my father will change but he has gotten worse by the day. My mother is presently on admission at the Charity Hospital at Orile following the beating my father gave her. 
I could not stand his beating anymore and I ran away from home to meet one of my mother’s friends at Oyingbo market but I did not meet her when I got to the market. I was in great pains and I decided to sleep in the market because I do not want to go back to my father’s house. It was while I was sleeping at the market that some vigilante men came and rescued me. I told them my plight and they took me to the hospital where I am presently receiving treatment”
Also speaking, the secretary of the Vigilante group of Nigeria at Ebutte Metta where Kafayat was found,  said after seeing the girl in so much pain, he mobilzed for her to be taken to a nearby hospital to receive medical attention
“On July 7th about 4am, I received a report from our members patrolling the Oyingbo market along the railway line that they found a girl laying in pains in one of the stalls. I told them to bring her to our office and when I saw her body, I asked her what happened and she told me that her father beat her with barb wire. I quickly mobilized and took her to the Star Clinic at Ebute- Metta where she is receiving treatment the wound on her body had become sores and I wonder what type of a father will beat a child like that. I took her to the Iponri police station to report the battering but the policemen there turned me back that they do not handle such a case. I took her to the Area C police Command at Surulere and the police there refused to attend to us. They told me to take her to the office of the Public defender. I have been running around with this girl since morning to get the necessary authority to look into this matter and arrest the father but they have refused to take the case,” the man said.
Source: The Nation

104 comments:

Unknown said...

Sad

Mzz_Mary said...

Oh no
The man should be jailed

Unknown said...

Jesus!

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

The person behind this barbaric act is totally completely wicked, my goodness!

Eze said...

Why do ppl always do is.......am yet to understand how ppl feel when inflicting such pain on kids

Eze said...

Why do ppl always do is.......am yet to understand how ppl feel when inflicting such pain on kids

Anonymous said...

12 yrs in prison!!!

ary said...

Gosh

AQO said...

The man's dick should be cut off.








Jesus is Lord.

Unknown said...

All this shameless men that only have strength to beat women.
Hope he will be jailed for long time.
Linda why don't you want to post emeka ike the wife beater story now?

Unknown said...

Hmmmm it's a wah!






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yourstrulyblogposts.blogspot.com said...

Omg that animal called man - seriously why would you do that to a human being?

Unknown said...

So sad

Anonymous said...

OMG.What kind of animal is that. If only things actually work in this country he should be locked up and restraining orders should be put in place. So pissed

Unknown said...

Wickedness

Unknown said...

I hope they've arrested the beast that did dis to the lil girl....stupid man!

Unknown said...

This is barbaric! Heartless! Wicked! Etc.


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Anonymous said...

Nigerian police men do not know their job. They dont handle such cases, so which 1s do they handle? God help naija

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Wats is all dis? How does d man sleep at nyt?

Unknown said...

Lord have mercY

Unknown said...

na wa o

Unknown said...

Corrupted Children of now adays full or lie.who knwos the atrocity she commited.the father we have take it eazy.

Anonymous said...

Yoruba men will grow up the day Hell becomes cold.

Unknown said...

Corrupted Children of now adays full or lie.who knwos the atrocity she commited.the father we have take it eazy.

Unknown said...

What a useless father hmmmm

ELENA (HER MAJESTY) said...

I can't deal with women always making excuses for their silly husband. Imagine after numerous beating,she was still making excuses for d goat,telling her kid he'd change. She's lucky d idiot called her husband didn't kill her and her child.
It ain't surprising dt our so called foolish men of d force#police refused to handle d case,u don't get to see dem if d case doesn't involve money and dey knw dey aint gona get none from this.

Anonymous said...

This is the exact thing my dad does then! It's painful

Unknown said...

Not everyone deserves to be a father.

Anonymous said...

That father's monstrosity is out of this world.

seyi crown said...

Nigeria police are jst crazy....if they can't handle this case which they will they handle then? I don't think her father s normal....useless father...oloriburuku

Josh Atuanya said...

D man didn't WASTE YEARS of searching for a child...

Anonymous said...

In addition, she is severely malnourished.

Anonymous said...

Foolish Police as money nor dey involved they av to bribe them to go and arrest d idiot father God punish Nigeria police

Unknown said...

This man is a beast! That woman doesn't love herself and her children enough to leave so as to stay alive. Anyway, I wish her what she wish herself. I only pity this girl and her sibs. I pray help come their way soonest.



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KC said...

Dis is wickedness... Why shld d police refuse such a case... They shld take d case to women affairs deprtmnt. Dey will handle it.

Unknown said...

Hop police av intervain

knowurway.com said...

Eiyaah helpless little girl, his father is a stupid man why will u beat a child becos of what her mother did? I pray they get him arrested. Even the police we hv in Naija re useless self mmtcheew!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Frustration father,he should be ashamed of himself.

Unknown said...

Can u imagine . Tufiakwa

Unknown said...

Stories like these defy a response. You beat your child with barbed wire simply because she was trying to protect her own mother? Then on
fridays you will wear your favorite clothes &
shoes with a quran on your hand saying you are
going to mosque, terrible..

Anonymous said...

This is CHILD ABUSE!!!! NOT DISCIPLINE! This is heart breaking

Jules said...

Sad...

Unknown said...

Nawa o

Unknown said...

He deserves to do time

chukudumebi said...

My Angel... Be heal... In Jesus name Amen

Unknown said...

OMG! Dis is so bad. D father should b punished accordingly so dat it wil serve as deterrent to others.

Jasmine Joseph said...

O My God, that man must be a beast

Anonymous said...

He's an animal d child shld b taken away from him#Ewu!

Unknown said...

What kind of a father would do this to his child,things are happening,the man needs to be charged and locked up for a while!

Anonymous said...

WHERE IS THE JUSTIST IN THIS WORLD , POLICE WILL NEVER GIVE THEIR SUPPORT UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD.
WOMEN SHOULD STOP DEPENDING ON A MAN TO FEED THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN ,
I HAVE EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM WITH MY MOTHERS HUSNAD , ,MY STEP FATHER WOULD BEAT HER ALWAYS BECAUSE OF MONEY TO COOK .

Unknown said...

Yoruba men sha...poor girl,c wetin poverty dey cause...

Unknown said...

Some fathers needs to be shot... Just one bullet through their anus..

Joy C said...

Hmmm! Odiegwu!! Her father is a beast.
The police men r worse. What's d work of police to the society bikonu? *protecting lives & properties* so I thought, didn't remember that it was changed long time ago, it's now *standing on useless checkpoints harassing innocent citizens, hiding from armed robbers, jumping into speeding commercial vehicles killing themselves cos of #20 etc*. This is d same way they handle women battering by husbands, they will tell u that they don't handle such case, "go & make peace, na husband & wife matter". Police, you don't have to handle every domestic violence, but you should be able to direct the victims or affected people to the right organisations that will help them out, you should be working hand-in-hand with the NGO's that handle such cases.
Nigeria police swallow your dead on arrival pride and sit up, change is here, police must change!!!!

Bahybee said...

Subhanalah,what a devil incarnate. And our security personnel too,y a dy make it difficult for d gud Samaritan ehn.

prince versace said...

Hang that heartless he goat.

Unknown said...

Been long i shed some tears (where my weeping vase at?).
Killer Pop.
Hang him.

Joy C said...

God bless the good Samaritans, it shall be well with you. #onelove

Anonymous said...

GOD PLS SEIZE SOME PEOPLE'S MANHOOD BECAUSE THEY DONT DESERVE TO HAVE CHILDREN. HOW CAN SOMEBODY BEAT A FEMALE CHILD LIKE THIS? THEN WHEN YOU ARE OLD, YOU WILL EXPECT HER TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. STMCHEW

Anonymous said...

THE MAN IS A COWARD. NA WOMAN BODY YOU DEY GET POWER. WHY YOU NOR GO FIGHT MAN?. IDIOT

Unknown said...

The man is a beast and the woman is foolish.

Anonymous said...

I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW MEN UNLEASH ALL THEIR POWER BEATING WOMEN THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY THE WEAKER SEX. IF NA AMERICA, THIS MAN FOR DON GO JAIL SINCE

Unknown said...

This things keeps happening everyday.....What???? This man should be sentenced to 100 years ASAP cus he is capable of murder.

Anonymous said...

NIGERIAN POLICE IS USELESS. EVEN IF YOU DONT HANDLE CASES LIKE THIS, WHY CAN YOU PICK UP YOUR PHONE AND CALL THE RIGHT POLICE STATION FOR THEM AND TELL THEM TO GO THERE SO THAT THEY WILL BE EXPECTING THEM. THEY DIDNT EVEN BOTHER TO RENDER ANY FORM OF ASSISTANCE AT ALL AFTER THEY WILL SAY POLICE IS YOUR FRIEND. NA ONLY HOW TO GO CHECK POINT GO BEG FOR MONEY AND COLLECT BRIBE THEM SABI. USELESS PEOPLE. STMCHEW

Anonymous said...

Next time u will learn to obey and respect ur father! Children if these days are so disobedient ehn! Chai!

Unknown said...

Dis is really sad. How a father do dis to his own flesh and blood??? Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Dis is really sad. How a father do dis to his own flesh and blood??? Linda take note!

Amazon said...

Am I the only one noticing that this girl is malnourished? Women should know when to leave their so called husbands if the situation becomes too dangerous. Children should not be made to witness domestic violence..its unfair to them and destabilize them. Protect your children..you must not die because you want to stay married. Women value yourselves and know you don't deserve it! Life first. A man that can inflict such wound on his child, can you imagine what he would do to his wife? Na wa o!! Marriage no be do or die

Annabel said...

Hmmmm...so dis little girl actually said all dis With d beautiful use all vocalbulary or somebody narrated and wrote dis in a beta grammer?....I doubt,tho my view! Annabel

Anonymous said...

please let them call this number 08023168028 mrs Omotola Rotimi office of the public defender Lagos

Anonymous said...

Is there any Lagos agency that helps battered women and their children to start a new life?

Unknown said...

Her father was wrong to beat her like dis, for a mother to go n play Lotto it is very wrong, so her mother needs deliverance for her husband to stop d beatin.

Mrs Power aka MP said...

Omg!!! If d police won't look into dis biko who will? Indeed police is ur frnd. Naija my country I hail thee.

Anonymous said...

Jesus wept

Anonymous said...

Heartless father

Anonymous said...

Heartless father

Unknown said...

Parents like this should be sent to prison please...What is all this for God sake?

dontJme said...

Just negodu!
I thought the motto of the police is 'To serve and to protect' they can't handle such but they can provide security for a drug baron and yahoo boys..

Despicable set of people!



Anonymous said...

These policemen tho, if its a case of stop and ask for vehicle particulars now they can be involved wen its not even their job at all...Nuisance

prettiyz said...

That man is an animal

prettiyz said...

That man is an animal

I B M bolubantin said...

So sad...
So gory...

Unknown said...

What a father. ..... take her to a human right activist..... infact bring her to me, I will buy the case hmmmm

Business Barbie said...

Nija. When would we grow ehn. Nobody to take a domestic abuse case? So you can't report to police for domestic abuse? Ha na wa

Unknown said...

WHAT A WICKED FATHER IS THIS MAY GOD FORGIVE THIS MAN IN JESUS NAME AMEN

Anonymous said...

Hmmm waka pass

Julia said...

Gosh...such wickedness

Kaduna Girl (Amina) said...

Such little girl with big English. Was this edited? Doesn't sound like her words. #justsaying oh

Julia said...

Gosh..such wickedness

Unknown said...

This is disheartening! I wonder why some parents behaves like animals....

meggy said...

Forget the beast in prison

Trendyify said...

Its only the yoruba's that actually beat their children dz way, smh




























































it is well

Otuonye Chidera said...

wicked father

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Anonymous said...

Shame on the Nigerian Police. Two police stations drove them away on grounds that they do not handle such cases. The DPO's should be arrested and charged for gross dereliction of duty.

Unknown said...

Jide dis man ka egbuo ya. He is a beast

Unknown said...

Some fathers needs to be shot... Just one bullet through their anus..

Unknown said...

Some people are just animals......

Unknown said...

OMG! Dis is so bad. D father should b punished accordingly so dat it wil serve as deterrent to others.

Julia said...

B Such wickedness

Anonymous said...

You just hit the nail on the head. Lol@hide from armed robbers

ary said...

My goodness.

Anonymous said...

What agency is really responsible for the welfare of Naija children? The good samaritan in this case, was turned back on numerous times by the police he initially reported this case to. One can only imagine the unnecessary stress and road blocks that presented in trying to find needed and timely help for this poor child. Would the elected officials stand up and provide the community with resources and emergency contacts for these types of issues? To do otherwise, is #goodcausefortrouble.

mzmaris said...

May misfortune always dog ur footstep....castrated maloo

Unknown said...

that picture of her face shouldn't being shown because it may affect her tomorrow.that will be something she will not like to remember,but now it is online now what if it comeback and hunt her.

Anonymous said...

please keep her face anonymous!

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