A
10-year old girl who was a victim of sexual abuse has made a shocking
confession, saying that she cannot do without having sex with men daily.
She
narrated how an old man, who was their neighbour at Mile 12, Lagos State,
southwest Nigeria, lured her into sex at seven and since then she cannot
resist having sex everyday.
The
primary two pupil said if she did not see any man to have sex with her in her
area, she would go to a popular under bridge at Mile 12 Lagos and beg for sex
from touts.
She
said she came from Enugu state to Lagos to live with her aunt after the death
of her father.
Her
case has become so serious that she had to be referred to an NGO, Community
Health Support and Empowerment Initiative, COHSAEI, which has taken up the
challenge to rehabilitate her.
The
little girl said she was lured into sex by a man she called Baba who lived with
her aunt in the same compound.
She
said the man (Baba) usually called her to his apartment whenever his wife and
her aunt were not around and will put his finger inside her private part.
“He
will tell me to come back home immediately our school closes and when I reach
home he will be waiting for me to finger my vagina,” she narrated.
She
said with time he started having real sex with her.
She
said when the man that initiated her into it moved out of their area, she
resorted to meeting other men in the area without her aunt knowing.
She
said she has become addicted to sex and cannot do without it.
“When
I desire sex and I do not see anybody to do it in my area, I will go under the
bridge and beg the touts to do it for me,” he said.
Her
predicament came when she confessed to her teacher what she was going through
after the teacher noticed some abnormal behaviour in her.
The
teacher contacted her aunt who contacted an NGO for assistance.
The
programme coordinator of the NGO, Mrs. Priscilla Ingbia, noted that her case
was very pathetic because of her age. She said her group took up the challenge
to rehabilitate her because it was clear if nothing was done urgently her
future was in danger.
She
said her organisation has started the process of rehabilitating her by carrying
out series of tests on her to ascertain her health conditions.
Ingbia
stressed the urgent need to relocate her from her present environment and start
a new life for her.
She
said her organisation has not been able to do so because of the financial cost
of doing so