By Beatrice Gondyi, Bauchi
Another housewife, Rabi Nuhu in Magama Gumau, Toro Local Government area of Bauchi has allegedly brutalised the body of a five-year-old girl for bed wetting.
Our Correspondent gathered that the girl, a minor, (name withheld) has lost her mother and about a year ago and lives with her father, Mohammed Umar and his wife but has been experiencing violence as a minor.
Kabiru Mohammed Abdulkadir, a resident of the area and a human rights activist narrated that the minor had been brutalised for about five days before it became known. “To avoid issues with the stepmother, her father bought a separate mattress for her, but her stepmother didn’t stop the violence.
“The victim met her uncle to buy another mattress for her, saying that her stepmother had burnt her private part because she bed wet often. It was her uncle who escalated the matter and reported it to the Police.
“We also gathered that the suspect normally transfers aggression between her and the victim’s father to her.”
Speaking with the victim’s father, Mohammad Umar, who works with an online television station, said his wife had repeatedly complained about the child’s bedwetting, prompting him to buy a separate mattress to avoid punishment.
Umar explained that he initially believed his wife’s claim that hot tea had spilled on the girl after noticing burns on her private part.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, CSP Mohammed Wakil, confirmed the incident, saying it was reported on September 13, 2025, at about 3:00 pm.
“The victim sustained burns on her lower abdomen, thighs, and buttocks,” Wakil disclosed.
He added that the Commissioner of Police, Sani Omolori Aliyu, ordered her immediate arrest and directed that the case be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation.
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