Man Set Fire To The Private Part Of His 10-Year-Old Daughter For Stealing N3,000 In Ibadan

The National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo Command have arrested a couple who allegedly tied their daughter, Abibat, to the ceiling, and setting fire to her private part for stealing N3,000

Taofeek Olawale, father of the girl, 41, from Ede said he was only trying to scare her daughter with fire to prevent her from doing it again.

Parading the couple on Monday in Ibadan, the NSCDC Commandant, Isikilu Akinsanya informed journalists that the arrest was part of the duties of the NSCDC’s Anti-human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit to protect and save the lives and property of Nigerians according to the 2003 Act.

The command’s PRO, Oluwole Olusegun, who represented the Commandant said that the father, a carpenter residing in Ibadan with the collaboration of his wife tortured Abibat by tying her hand to the ceiling and putting fire under her private part until she confessed to stealing N3,000 belonging to a neighbor.

He disclosed that N600 was discovered in Abibat’s bag and the remaining N2,400 was found from where it was hidden in the house. The NSCDC PRO said Abibat was still recuperating in the hospital from the damage she suffered from the fire.