Woman, nurse arrested while aborting 12-year-old’s pregnancy (Photo)
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PUNCH Metro learnt that Favour had been allegedly raped several times by
her aunt’s husband, identified as Johnbull Dike, before she
conceived.It was learnt that while Favour was put in police’s care, a
manhunt was launched for Johnbull, a tricycle rider, who fled the area
after the police rescued the girl.
It was gathered that Dike’s wife and the nurse who was caught during the
abortion had been arrested by the Akinpelu Police Division.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the girl was allegedly taken to the nurse on Sunmola Street, Mafoluku, on Wednesday, May 4.
It was learnt that some residents gave a tip-off to a child rights’ group, Child Protection Network, which involved the police.
Our correspondent learnt from a source that Favour, who was discovered
to be four months pregnant, had been allegedly raped on several
occasions by the suspect in January 2016.
It was said that Johnbull, a father of three, and Happiness, however,
found out that Favour was pregnant in February, after which they bundled
her to stay with their trader friend in Mafoluku, to hide the evil
deed.
However, the woman was said to have returned Favour to the couple in April, saying she could not afford to take care of her.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Johnbull and Happiness, who lived on Brown
Street, subsequently took Favour to the nurse to get rid of the
pregnancy.
Our correspondent learnt that the matter was also reported to the Lagos
State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team in Alausa.
When our correspondent visited the area, a worker with the Child
Protection Network, Ebenezer Omejalile, said Favour did not inform her
aunt about the rape, because the suspect had allegedly threatened to
kill her if she did.
He said, “The case was brought to my attention by a community development committee secretary in Oshodi, Mr. Mamora. The victim was raped and impregnated by her aunt’s husband.
“I went to see the girl at the place where the aunt had taken her with the connivance of a nurse to abort the pregnancy. The girl underwent a scan before the abortion. It was a failed process because she began to bleed at the nurse’s place. The police were informed on that Wednesday and the two women were arrested, while Johnbull fled.
“The policemen took Favour to a proper hospital to get rid of the remaining foetus. As it is, the suspect is on the run because he knew that the girl is with the police.”
At the police station, Happiness told our correspondent that her husband had fled from the house since the day of her arrest.
She said, “He has not called me since that day. His phone numbers are also switched off.”
A police source told PUNCH Metro that Happiness had been granted bail
because her last child had an infection and needed her attention.
She said, “Our investigation shows that the nurse is a quack. She is not trained and she proceeded to do abortion for a 12-year-old girl. The suspect’s wife has a two-year-old son who is being treated for an infection. So, she has been granted bail.
“She did not deny that they wanted to abort the pregnancy. The story they painted to the nurse was that the girl was raped by an unidentified hoodlum.”
Our correspondent also sighted Favour at the station before she was taken to the state command headquarters in Ikeja.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos,
confirmed the incident, adding that the police were on the trail of
Dike.
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