Isn't this one the saddest things you've ever seen? A step-mum stripped
naked this 2 year old girl and tied her up with her mouth tapered
because she soiled herself. Read full story from
Nigerian Tribune
Looking at the picture of two-year-old Lovelyn William will elicit
tears from the heart of any human being. Naked, with her mouth tapered,
hands tied backwards and legs tied together, she lay on the floor of a
room at Itori in Ogun State.
It was her stepmother, 28-year-old Christiana Faturoti, who allegedly
threw her there as a punishment because she soiled herself. After
putting the child in the room, she padlocked it and left for her
workplace.
This woman should be arrested for attempted murder. Please continue reading...
For over two hours on February 17, the little girl, who turned two on
February 15, 2015, groaned and moaned, until a neighbour heard the
sound and traced it to an unoccupied room which was padlocked. After
peeping and seeing the girl in such a condition, the neighbour quickly
alerted the police at Itori police station. Christiana was promptly
arrested and is currently undergoing interrogation at the Anti-Human
Trafficking section of the Department of Criminal Investigation, Ogun
State Police Command.
Lovelyn’s mother was reported to have developed baby blues (mental
illness) after birth and is currently at a psychiatric hospital where
she is undergoing treatment. Crime Reports learnt that the child’s
father, Mr Christopher William, met Christiana on the facebook, after
which they started a relationship.
Willam (37), from Abia State who spoke with Crime Reports, said:
“Christiana posted a notice on facebook that a single lady from Osun
State, a mother of one, needed a husband. I called the number and asked
that we meet.
“I sent her N5,000 as transport fare to Lagos State and she came in
February 2013. She slept in my place and left the following day. We lost
contact for about two months. Later, she called me that she was
pregnant and I told her to come over to Lagos. We went to my mother in
Abia State in June and spent about a week there.
“In October 2013, I told Christiana to move in with me until she
would deliver her baby, after which we would go to her family for
marriage formalisation. To my surprise, she refused, saying that she had
to get the consent of her friend, Dekola Elizabeth. She later called
and said her friend disagreed with my suggestion.
“When she put to bed on December 5, 2013 and I was informed, I still
repeated my suggestion but she refused. I said we would hold the naming
ceremony when the baby would be three months according to my culture but
she named the baby herself on the seventh day.
“All these led to a disagreement for a while until I called her for
settlement again and I promised to be visiting. In November 2014, she
said she wanted to see my daughter. Then my daughter, Lovelyn, was with a
care giver whom I was paying N12,000 per month. She suggested that she
take the little girl to stay with her along with her son. That was same
November.
“I agreed with the idea and she took my daughter.
“Any time I went there, the friend would not allow me to sleep over.
She would be looking at her watch, telling me it was time to leave. If I
desired to have private discussion with Christiana, she would ask me to
say everything in the presence of her friend.
“My daughter was two years old on February 15, so on February 14, I
called her that we should celebrate Valentine’s Day together so that the
following day, we could mark my daughter’s birthday but she said no,
she had a church programme. On February 15, I was at Christiana’s place.
“I noticed that my baby was wearing two dresses. I removed the
dresses and saw whip marks on my daughter’s body. I also saw another
mark on her face and noticed that her eyes were bloodshot. On enquiries,
Christiana said my daughter got the marks from school.
“I called her friend’s attention to it but her response was ‘That is
your business’. I made up my mind to go with my daughter but Christiana
said she would put her in her own class in school. I gave her N5,000 and
said I would be back on Wednesday.
“I was surprised when I received a call on February 17 from Itori
police station. When I got there, I was shown my daughter’s picture and I
started weeping. I enquiries on what I did to warrant the treatment and
I was told she said I loved the girl more than her son.”
Christopher said the lady’s family had been begging her but said his
relationship with her was over. “If she could do this to my daughter, it
means my life is in danger too.”
Christiana, from Imesi-Ile, Osun State, told Crime Reports that “the
girl did not offend me but I was not happy at the way Christopher
neglected me and the baby I had for him, and concentrated on his
daughter.
“I met Christopher on facebook in December 2012. He told me he had a
child but was single. I also told him I was a single mother of one. He
proposed a relationship and I went to Lagos State to see him. When I got
pregnant, I went to his parents in Abia State. On our return, I asked
him to accompany me to my parents’ but he said he was not ready to go,
telling me to pack into his house. I refused and he stopped coming to
me.
“After delivery, I called him and he came with N5,000, diapers and
clothes. He did not come for the naming ceremony; I named the child
myself.
“In September, 2014, he called to apologise and said he would start
performing his responsibility. In October, he said his daughter’s care
giver had travelled and his relations were using the girl to extort
money from him. He said I should get an accommodation for him so that he
would move close to me. Christopher started coming regularly and would
bring provisions.
“It is true I beat the girl which left marks on her. She soiled
herself and I was angry with her. On February 17, she soiled herself
again, so I tied her hands and legs, tapered her mouth and threw her
inside the room the father paid for, though yet to move in. I padlocked
the room and left for my workplace at about 7a.m. I just wanted to
punish her.”
When asked to describe her action, Christiana replied: “Wicked”.
Christiana’s friend, Diekola Elizabeth from Eruwa, Oyo State (27),
who was also arrested, told Crime Reports that “I didn’t know about what
Christiana did to Lovelyn. I was not a party to it, though I also beat
her once when she soiled herself.
“It is true that Christopher pointed my attention to the marks on the
child’s body and said that he wanted to go with her, but I replied that
the choice was his because it was none of my business.”
Reacting to the story, the police image maker in Ogun state Police
Command, DSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, described the suspect’s act as inhuman.
“The Commissioner of Police, Valentine Ntomchukwu, has ordered a
thorough investigation of the case, after which the suspect(s) will be
charged to court,” he stated
