Nine-month-old
Buhari Muhammad, whose genital was cut off by his step-mother, has undergone
first corrective surgery at the Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Niger.
The
Director-General of the state Child Rights Protection Agency, Mrs. Mariam Kolo,
said on Friday that the surgery was part of the series of operations that the
boy would undergo.
He
said, “He was operated upon by four neurologists and he is responding to
treatment.
“Several
other tests will still be conducted to prepare him for the next operation.”
Muhammad’s
genital was cut off by his 17-year-old stepmother, Bara’atu Muhammad, when
he was barely a month old.
The
incident occurred in Dafe community in Shiroro Local Government Area
of Niger in June 2016.
The
step-mother had confessed that she took the action because she was jealous and
that she also wanted to get back at the victim’s mother, whom, she claimed, was
always insulting her.
Muhammad
was subsequently remanded in Minna prison.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, said that the suspect was
still in Minna Prison, pending the conclusion of investigations.
He
said, “Under the Police Criminal Law, the suspect is an adult, she is above
seven years; therefore, she can be convicted and hanged for the offence.”
-NAN
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