13-year-old girl rescued in Imo after guardian allegedly damaged her eye

A 13-year-old girl named Favour Nuhu has been rescued after her right eye was damaged by her guardian in Owerri, Imo State.  Chidiebube Okeoma, a journalist and the founder of the Stand For Humanity Foundation, saved the young girl last Friday.   According to Okeoma, Favour’s medical examinations since her rescue revealed that the only way to restore her sight in the damaged eye was through surgery.  Investigating police officers at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Owerri were informed by Favour, who is from Kaduna State, that her 30-year-old guardian had injured her with a laptop cord.   According to the organisation’s founder, some worried residents who live in the same neighbourhood as the girl gave his foundation a tip about the situation.   He explained that as the Favour told the concerned citizens about her ordeal, she disclosed to them that her madam was dehumanising her and had actually injured one of her eyes. However, she was so afraid that she begged her interviewers not to tell her madam so that she wouldn’t beat her any more. Upon getting the hint, we quickly went to the State Police Command headquarters in Owerri and reported the matter. Policemen were assigned to us and we moved to Green Health Estate at Ohii in Owerri where the minor resides with her guardian, but on our arrival we were told that the woman and the battered girl left before we arrived, Okeoma explained.  We went back to the police command headquarters and saw the woman and the battered girl. Probably the woman got a wind of it from the inquiry we made.”  When police interviewed Favour, she reaffirmed that her guardian had caused the injury.   During a police interview, the guardian confessed to flogging the girl but denied that the damage to the girl’s right eye was caused by the flogging. The minor was taken to the hospital by the police order.    Okeoma noted that the legal department of the Foundation has been notified and is awaiting the conclusion of the police investigation.  Medical examinations by the optometrists showed that the extent of the damage was huge. The little girls ordeal was beyond them and informed that only surgery could correct the damage on the eye, he said.  “The Optometrists disclosed that the pressure on the affected eye is now 31 per cent when ordinarily it shouldnt exceed 25 percent. They said that there was a big boil on the damaged eye which had formed cataracts. The optometrists said that only surgery could correct the damage inflicted on her right eye.    The post 13-year-old girl rescued in Imo after guardian allegedly damaged her eye appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.