A young girl has been reportedly stoned to death by her step mother in Wadata area of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. The yet-to-be-identified infant, believed to be four years, was killed by her step-mother for reason yet to be ascertained. According to a source, the suspect allegedly conspired with two others now at large to stone the little girl to death. Confirming the development to DAILY POST Thursday evening, the Benue State Police spokesman, Moses Yamu said the suspect had been picked and she confessed committing the alleged crime. Asked what was her reason for stoning the little girl to death, Yamu said the suspect claimed she was under strange influence.
Her name was Minex Kimora. She was 3 years old. She was killed this Thursday, October 14, 2021 while she was going to school with her sisters and her mother. An altercation between Minex's mother and a police officer escalated. The little girl was coldly shot by the man in uniform as her mother started the vehicle. “This morning, shortly before eight o'clock, a lady who was driving her little daughter to school in her car was stopped at a gendarmerie check. The lady, according to several witnesses to the scene, did not comply. After which the policeman shot at the car. The bullet fatally hit the little girl, sitting in the back seat,” reports RFI on its website. On social networks, there is consternation. “Buea, Bandja, Minta, Akom… is there a place in this country where the people are not angry? », asks colleague Franck Fouté. “The unnecessary violence so decried every day brought the life of a little girl to a grinding halt this morning in Buea. She was going to school. She...
I blame their parents and religious leaders – this has brought reactions as underage South Sudanese boy and girl wed the wedding between two South Sudanese teenagers, Buomkuoth Wiyual and Nyabuay Thiol Biel. Wiyual, 16, and his 15-year-old partner Biel got married on December 18, 2021 in Gambella, Ethiopia. The ceremony was reportedly graced and blessed by both parents and religious leaders. According to local media, the legal age to get married in South Sudan is 18. The young couple’s wedding photos have been making the round on Facebook with many condemning the arranged marriage. One John Ndungu blamed the parents and religious leaders who supported the marriage. He wrote; “I blame the parents and the religious leaders. They’re supposed to be role models and mentors to young generations. Some parents are so materialistic, I say this because the girl’s parents I’m very sure were after the dowry which in Sudanese culture is hefty amount of money or herds of cattle,” he wro...
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