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It is with a bleeding heart and a speechless tongue that I write this to those who dare to listen to the increasing cries, pains and sufferings of the African girl Child. it is said that Children are gifts from GOD and without them the future of a nation is oblique and that they are unique creatures clothed in innocence but often a time, this innocence have been preyed upon by vultures disguised as family members, friends, neighbors etc. in this madness, age is not a barrier because over the years I have seen some scary shit happen to children of ages as low as 3- 6 months old.
After the fall of 2016, the defilement of the under-aged girls in my country has been on the rise and even infants at the age of 2 are not exempted. In one of the local News channels in Edo state, a 75 years old man was paraded by the police for allegedly raping his neighbor's 6 months old daughter but in is defense ,the accused said '' I only fingered her''. Hmm how disgusting. it all happened when the mother of the said girl child gave the child to the disgusting neighbor to look after while she quickly wash some dirty clothes. While washing, she heard the child crying, she stood up only to find the man's hand inside her Child’s underwear. He had the effrontery to say he only finger her.
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What is humanity turning into? Have we lost our conscience? Have we lost that which personifies us as humans that are now behaving like animals?
We now leave in a world where a girl child is not even safe in her own home the only place where all things being equal security is guaranteed but not in this fearsome world we find ourselves today. A world where fathers abuse their daughters sexually.
What pleasure will a grown-up man derive from a sexual intercourse with a minor (a baby)? I think it can be likened to eating an unripe fruit, it is highly acidic and it leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
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When a child is birthed, his/her mind is a blank slate awaiting information on the way of life ( culture) of his/her people and as grownups it is our responsibility to teach and not to stigmatize them.
‘‘I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside’’. Whitney Huston.
I know the world is getting scarier and spinning out of control but there must be a line no one is allowed to cross.
In April 2014, the extremist terrorist group Boko Haran group kidnapped 276 Chibok school girls ranging from the ages of 15-19 and government in their shortsighted ways of doing things played politics with the kidnapping. In October 13 2014 some of these girls gained freedom by escaping from where they were kept by the sect and they narrated their ordeal. according to them some of the girls were forced to become wives to sectional commanders of the sect while some were used as sex slaves .Out of 276 captured Chibok girls 113 are still in captivity four (4) years later and some of the rescued ones were found either pregnant or with child.
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This year February 2018, the sect laid siege to technical college school in Yobe state, Nigeria and made away with 110 girls ranging from the age of 11- 19. This is not a ransom kind of Kidnapping but one that is sexually motivated. It took the government 3 – 4 years to rescue some of the Chibok girls, who knows how long the recent captured under age girls will be with the terrorist before they are recued.
During the time of my writing this Bashir Ahmed, a presidential aide disclosed in his tweeter handle that 76 of the recent kidnapped girls have been released by the sect though no confirmation has been made in regards his claim.
If we keep going on our present path then indeed humanity is doomed for sure.
These pictures where taken with my Infinix Hot Note.
I and my fellow national Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members took the message to government girl’s school(GSS) kuduru, Abuja on February 22 because if we must effect change or cause a paradigm shift in the way a girl child perceives the world and their role in general, we must start while their minds are still reachable. we also took time to sensitized them on the drugs, its effect and connection to rape.
It was not much but we are doing something to make sure the girl child is pre-informed in order not to fall a victim. What are you doing? Join the struggle for there is still enough room.
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