Man arrested for allegedly brut@lising 10-year-old daughter in Imo

Men of the Imo state police command have arrested a man, identified as Lucky Adim, for allegedly using an electric cable to inflict multiple injuries on his 10-year-old daughter, Confidence Adim, in Owerri, the state capital.

The suspect was arrested on Friday following a petition by the Stand for Humanity Foundation, a human rights organisation, after the child was brought to the organisation in a severely injured condition.

The victim and her two younger siblings were rescued from the streets by concerned Nigerians and taken to the organisation for assistance.

According to the leader of the foundation, Chidiebube Okeoma, the police were alerted and the suspect was arrested and has admitted to assaulting his daughter.

According to him, the man used cable wire to brutalise his 10-year-old daughter and has owned up to the crime.

Okeoma said the victim was taken to the Police Hospital in Owerri for medical treatment, while her two younger siblings were taken to an orphanage in Owerri for temporary care.

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