Couple Stabs 10 Years Old Girl In Her Vagina In Lagos

A 10-year-old girl, Chidinma, has been
admitted at an undisclosed hospital after a
couple – Eucheria Chukwuma and Jerry
Oko-Oboh – allegedly beat her up and
stabbed her in the private parts with a
broken bottle.
It was learnt that the couple and the victim’s
family lived on Joshua Street, Agbabiaka, in
the Ajangbadi area of Lagos.
It was learnt that the couple assaulted the
minor for allegedly fiddling with the vagina
of their three-year-old daughter, Peace.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Chidinma, who
denied the allegation, had played with Peace
at about 7pm on April 6. It was alleged that
the toddler later cried and told her parents
that Chidinma fiddled with her private parts.
Angered by the complaint, 30-year-old
Chukwuma, it was learnt, went to
Chidinma’s mother, Ofia, demanding that
Chidinma follow her to her room.
A few minutes later, Ofia reportedly heard
her daughter screaming and rushed to
Chukwuma’s apartment to see what was
wrong.
On getting there, the door was said to have
been locked by the couple who reportedly
beat up the victim repeatedly with punches.
Not satisfied, the wife allegedly stabbed
Chidinma in the private parts and smeared
them with pepper.
Our correspondent was told that the couple
fled the neighbourhood when blood started
gushing from Chidinma’s vagina. They
were later trailed and arrested by the police
after the attack was reported at the
Okokomaiko Police station.
The police said Chukwuma, in a statement
she voluntarily made at the station,
confessed to the crime, saying she became
furious when the girl declined comments
about Peace’s allegation.
She and her husband were subsequently
arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s
Court on three counts bordering on assault.
The offence, according to the police
prosecutor, Olusoji Ojaokomo, is
punishable under sections 171, 243 and 409
of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of
Nigeria, 2011.
The charges read in part, “That you,
Eucheria Chukwuma, 30 and Jerry Oko-
Oboh, 32 on April 6, 2015, at about 9pm on
Joshua Street, Agbabiaka, Oke-Agbo,
Ajangbadi, in the Ojo Magisterial District, did
conspire to commit felony and unlawfully
assaulted one 10-year-old Chidinma, by
beating her up with fist blows in her eye,
which caused her harm.
“That you, on the same date, time and
place, in the aforementioned magisterial
district, did unlawfully assault one Chindima
by stabbing her with a broken bottle in her
private parts.”
The accused persons, however, pleaded
not guilty to the offence.
The presiding magistrate, Mr. P.A.
Adekomaya, admitted them to bail in the
sum of N100, 000 with a surety each in like
sum. He added that they be remanded in
prison custody until their bail conditions
were perfected.
The case was adjourned till May 13, 2015 for
mention.