Police arrest father and stepmother for assaulting 12-year-old lady over lacking N100

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested and arraigned a 12-year-old lady’s organic father and stepmother over the alleged assault of the minor, whose buttocks had been reportedly burnt with a scorching coal pot over a lacking N100.

The lady, recognized as Misturah Babatunde, was additionally allegedly crushed with {an electrical} wire after shedding the cash whereas hawking soya beans, domestically often called “beske”, for her stepmother.

The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed this whereas briefing journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

According to the CP, the incident got here to gentle on September 30, 2026, when a involved resident of the Idigba space of Adewole, Ilorin, noticed the lady shopping for GV answer from a close-by chemist at about 9.26pm.

CP Adekimi stated the resident grew to become suspicious and questioned the lady about her presence exterior at that home.

The encounter reportedly led to the invention of the alleged abuse, because the lady narrated how she had been punished over the lacking cash.

“The girl disclosed that she had been beaten with an electrical wire and that her buttocks had been burnt with a hot coal-pot,” the CP said.

He identified the suspects as Babatunde Mustapha, the girl’s biological father; Abdulrahman Aisat, her stepmother; and Bashirat Abdulfatai, their neighbour.

“The electrical wire used within the assault and the new coal-pot reportedly used to inflict the burns had been listed as displays within the case,” the police boss stated.

The command stated the case was reported to the police and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department on October 9, 2026, earlier than being referred to the Anti-Human Trafficking, Women and Children Protection Unit for discreet investigation.

“The three suspects have been arraigned in court and subsequently remanded at the Oke-Kura Correctional Facility,” he added.