Wilson Adekumola
The officials of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have apprehended a mother, Adamo Yunusa and her son, Saheed for allegedly battering and brutalising a 12-year- old girl simply identified as Sukura in Ilorin, the state capital.
It was gathered that the the suspects harshly beat the teenager was severely for allegedly stealing N2,000.
The spokesman of NSCDC in the state, Ayeni Olasunkanmi, who confirmed the incident, explained that the suspects were arrested acting on a reportd by concerned citizen.
Olasunkanmi said, “The Gender Unit of the NSCDC Kwara State Command arrests Adamo Yunusa and her son Saheed Yunusa for brutalising a 12 – year – old Sukura Suleiman.
“The report was brought to the Command Headquarters by a concerned citizen who got the hint of the severe injuries inflicted on the little girl by her Aunty (Adamo).
“The two suspects were arrested at their residence in Ile Oniponmo, Ayelabowo, Oko-olowo area, Ilorin.
“The suspect alleged that the victim was beaten because she stole the sum of two thousand naira (N2,000).”
He disclosed that the two suspects would be summoned to court to face the law accordingly.
