Father slashes daughter’s leg with very hot knife...SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that the father, who was identified only
as Azama, tortured the girl, who hawksDokunu(local dish), for
returning home late on Sunday, May 4.
She was said to have returned home earlier on the fateful day, but
went back to collect payment from some customers who boughtDokunuon
credit.
A source was told that Senami's explanation to her father fell on
deaf ears. He reportedly tied her with a rope and used the hot knife
on her left leg.
Firstclass newsline learnt that Senami had helped her stepmother,
Rukayat, to hawk the goods, which she usually did in the evening every
day. Senami lives with the couple in the Badagry area of Lagos.
It was also learnt that a seven-year-old girl, Aliat Musa, also lives
with the couple. She was said to have been tortured by Rukayat. Musa,
who is Rukayat's cousin, sustained injury in the head during one of
the tortures.
It was said that the injuries drew attention of the teachers in the
school which Senami attended. One of her teachers, it was learnt, took
her to a social welfare office in Badagry. The teacher later took her
to the Ajeromi Police Station, where the case was reported.
Senami, an indigene of Benin Republic, said, "On May 4, after I came
back from hawking, daddy (Azama) ordered me to go back and collect the
N500 my customers owed me. I came back home late. I did not know my
father had put a knife on the fire. He tied my leg and started
stabbing me with the knife.
"When I got to the school the following day, my teacher, Mr. Okoafose,
took me to a welfare office and we all went to a police station."
An employee of the welfare organisation, who preferred not to be
named, said the victim was "utterly abused."
She said, "The subject (Senami) reported that she hawkedDokunuevery
day after school. This is a clear case of child abuse. It is high time
parents stopped this inhumane act. We will ensure that the father is
arrested."
While Azama is still at large, his wife was arrested for assaulting
Musa. She was arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate's Court.
Appearing before the presiding magistrate, Mr. P.A. Adekomaya, on
Thursday, Rukayat pleaded guilty to the two counts preferred against
her by a prosecutor, Inspector Olusoji Ojaokoma.
The magistrate subsequently sentenced her to three months of community service.
Adekomaya said, "Upon the quilty plea by the accused, she is sentenced
to three months community service to be carried out at the Badagry
General Hospital."
Firstclassnewsline.net