Face of Evil: Man Arrested for Defiling 1-Year-Old Baby Girl

A 30-old man, Blessing Augustine, has been arrested after he allegedly used his fingers to defile a one year old baby.

The Kogi State born Augustine reportedly committed the sacrilege at his Lugbe Zone 4, Abuja, residence where he resides with the parents of the girl.

Reports have that while pretending to play with the girl, Augustine allegedly poked his finger into the baby girl’s gen­ital and in the process, broke her hymen.

The shameful act came to light when the mother of the girl noticed caked blood on her private parts while giving her a bath and reported to her husband who asked her who else had carried the baby apart from her, and it turned out that their neighbour had carried her earlier in the day.

Recounting how the deeds of the suspect were uncovered, Nnamdi Chukwu, father of the baby told Sunday Sun: “The ugly incident happened on June 13, 2015, when I heard my baby crying. I asked my wife to find out why the baby was crying. She said that Augustine told her that the little child saw a chicken and was frightened. But somehow the baby could not stop crying, which obvious­ly meant that she was in pain. So, I checked her thoroughly and saw little blood in her private part (genital).

“Prior to this time, there was a day my wife was prepar­ing for a birthday party and had gone into the bathroom to bathe. Augustine came quietly to our room and carried the baby without her knowledge. When she heard the baby cry­ing, she asked Augustine, who responded that he was playing with the baby, so we didn’t suspect anything.

But on that June 13, when the baby continued to cry in pain, after Augustine claimed that the baby saw a chicken, I took her to Gwarimpa Gen­eral Hospital, where a doctor examined her and confirmed that she was defiled.

I immediately reported the matter at Lugbe Police Station and Augustine was arrested. We have lived in the same compound with him for about one year. I want justice to be done.”

The suspect, who spoke with Sunday Sun in police custody, admitted that he had on several occasions taken the baby to his room to “play” with her, concurring with the account of the baby’s parent about the chicken story, but he denied the allegation made against him.

His words:
“I do play with the little baby.
One day, she suddenly started crying and the mother asked me and I told her that the baby saw a chicken in the compound. I know always carry the baby from the room to the kitchen and play with her. I am the only person that always play with her. I do carry the baby sometimes without the knowledge of the mother to my room and play with her. “But I don’t know what they are saying that I raped the little baby.
I don’t know who fingered (defiled) the baby and raped her.”

Meanwhile, the Commis­sioner of Police in the FCT, Mr Wilson Inalegwu who con­firmed the story assured that the suspect would be charged to court after the completion of investigations into the matter.