Incredible : See what a father did to his 14 month old daughter

The father of the little girl said he flogged her with the cord of his
handset charger because she was disturbing him from watching TV. The
mother thinks the marks on her daughter's back were for ritual
purposes. But let's even accept he only flogged her; how can you flog
a 1 year old like this? Read the full story from Vanguard below...
Vanguard Metro, gathered that Huwaila Abdulahi, 22, who has been
separated from her husband, is asking the Commission to investigate
and unravel the mystery behind the strange marks all over the back of
her 14 months old daughter. Although the estranged housewife is not
seeking for a divorce, she is demanding for justice for her innocent
baby as the 14 marks were not there when the father sent one Ibrahim
to bring the little girl to spend some time with him.
The man, identified as Ibrahim Haladu, is being accused of carrying
out a ritual on his child. He has been invited by the Commission to
explain the strange marks on his daughter's back. But he is insisting
that he only flogged his daughter with the cord of his handset
charger. He denied that the marks were for ritual purposes.
In spite of his statement, many people who saw the strange marks on
the child were not convinced of his testimony as they believed they
were carefully incised.

In his account of the incident, Ibrahim said: "I was watching an Arab
channel but she would not let me be with her cries. I was enjoying the
programme, but her cries kept distracting me. I was provoked so I
brought out my charger phone wire and flogged her. My first wife Aisha
who heard her cries came out and was shouting at me to stop. She was
even angry and rebuked me for beating her like that. I regret my
action.

The marks on my daughter's body is not for ritual purposes as wrongly
insinuated by some people. I can never use my child for ritual. It is
unfortunate that my wife had to drag me to the Sharia Commission
because she has a grouse against me. We have been having problems with
her, but that is between us. Why should I go to the extent of using my
child for ritual? I only beat her as a father. I don't belong to any
cult or secret society".

Some residents of the Tirwun, a suburb of Bauchi, where Ibrahim
allegedly carried out the beating of his baby were left in shock on
seeing Sahura with the 14 strange marks on her back. They called for
thorough investigation into the case so as to unravel the motive
behind his action.


Ibrahim moved to his house in Tirwin with his first wife, Aisha
leaving his second wife, Huweila with his parents. Hajiya Huwaila told
VM that her husband occasionally comes to pick Sahura to spend some
time with him since they were not living together. According to her:
"My husband, his first wife and I lived with his parents at Bakin Kura
before he moved with his first wife to Tirwun, leaving me and my
daughter Sahura behind.

But he occasionally comes to take the baby to spend some time with him
in his new place and bring her back. One day he sent one Ibrahim to
come and bring Sahura; this was around one in the afternoon. But when
they brought back my daughter, I noticed something unusual about her
because she kept crying and I wondered what was wrong with her.

When I checked her body, I saw some strange marks all over her back".
Huwaila said she quickly rushed to the Bauchi State Shari'ah
Commission to lodge a complaint after she confronted her husband who
claimed he only flogged Sahura because she was disturbing him with her
cries.

The permanent Commissioner II of the State Shari'ah Commission, Jibril
Hassan, confirmed that Huwaila lodged a complaint prompting the
commission to summon the husband. Hassan added that the commission
was investigating the issue and would charge the father of the girl to
court at the appropriate time. He also said that if found guilty of
the accusations leveled against him, the accused would be charged to
court.