The Imo State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Lucky Adim for allegedly using an electric cable to repeatedly beat his 10-year-old daughter, Confidence Adim, in Owerri.
The arrest followed a petition by the Stand for Humanity Foundation after the child was brought to the organisation with multiple injuries on her body.
The organisation’s president, Chidiebube Okeoma, said the girl and her two younger siblings had been rescued from the streets by concerned Nigerians.
Okeoma said the group subsequently petitioned the Owerri Urban Divisional Police Headquarters, requesting an investigation into the alleged abuse, the suspect’s arrest and his prosecution.
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According to him, the police later arrested Adim, who allegedly admitted assaulting his daughter.
Okeoma said the victim was taken to the Police Hospital in Owerri for medical treatment, while her two younger siblings were moved to an orphanage in the city for temporary care.
The human rights organisation called on the police to prosecute the suspect, stressing that child abuse should not be treated as a private family matter.
It maintained that the case should be pursued through the appropriate legal channels and serve as a warning to parents who abuse their children.
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