The Niger State Child Rights Agency has effected the arrest of a grandmother and two others for battering an eight-year-old-girl in Minna.
The Nation learned that the Grandmother identified as Safiya Azumi who lives in the Daru Salam community in the Kpakungun area of Minna was in the habit of beating the little girl and locking her inside a room to starve her for several days.
The acting Director General of the Agency, Mallam Suleiman Shehu was alerted by neighbors about the situation on Friday and he mobilized some staff to rescue the victim.
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The girl was rescued with several dislocations on her hands and several bruises on her body and face.
The Agency called the State Criminal Investigation Department where the suspects were taken to the GRA Police station where they were detained while the victim was taken to Minna General Hospital for medical treatment and where her dislocated hand was adjusted.