Few days ago, Bara’atu Muhammad cut-off the genitals of her
23-day-old stepson, Buhari Muhammad, Dafe village, Niger State. Buhari’s
father, Muhammadu Dauda married Buhari’s 21-year-old mother, 7 years
ago and he is the first child of the union. He married Bara’atu just 4
months ago.
Bara’atu confessed that she took Buhari from his mother’s room where
he was sleeping, to the toilet where she chopped-off his penis with a
kitchen knife. Her words: “I decided to do that in retaliation to
insults (I’ve been receiving) from his mother.
She has been insulting me. Anytime I complained to our husband, he
will not take action. That was the major reason I used our kitchen knife
to cut off his penis.” Meanwhile, the Niger State government has
promised to take care of Buhari’s medical bills.
Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi who is taking care of Buhari at the IBB
Specialist Hospital, Minna, said his penis has already been damaged and
shrunken and that there was no way that it can be transplanted to its
normal position. He said the medic will however, try their best to
ensure that Buhari survives and lives a normal life.
Bara’atu has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court and remanded
in Minna prison, pending the conclusion of investigations. This incident
happened a few weeks after a 21-month-old boy Musa was severely
mutilated by his stepmother in Kano.
Na wa, wetin i go talk for this matter again? Dem send this one come finally o, you just suffer small pikin like that, na God go judge this one matter finally.
Cc: DailyTrust