Six-year-old girl rescued from ‘abusive’ father         

Wife of Anambra State Governor, Ninye Soludo, has facilitated the rescue and treatment of a six-year-old girl, whose father turned into an object of abuse.  It was gathered that the child was rescued by a group, Save and Secure the Child Initiative, set up to campaign against child abuse in Nigeria.

Luck, however, smiled at her when the news got to the governor’s wife, who visited the hospital to see the child, and thereafter asked that the child be treated as she would offset the bills. She also promised to ensure that the alleged culprit is prosecuted.
 
Speaking on the incident, Anambra State Principal of Save and Secure the Child Initiative, Kingsley Obi, condemned the incident, noting that the suspect would be charged to the Juvenile Court established by the state.
  
Obi advised the public against acts that could endanger the lives of their children, warning that no form of child’s ill-behavior should bring about such a form of abuse and maltreatment against children.
 
Also, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, frowned at the dastardly act, stressing that government would not tolerate any form of child abuse and molestation. Obinano affirmed the government’s commitment to arresting and facilitating the trial of anybody found wanting and guilty of such child battery.
 
“The fact that you’re a child’s parent does not give you the right to maltreat him or her anyhow. We don’t say that parents shouldn’t caution their child when they do the wrong thing, but that should be done moderately and carefully,” she said.