A 15-year-old schoolgirl in Delta State, Emmanuella Monday, has cried out for help from her hideout, alleging that her mother was forcing her into prostitution.
Monday stated this after escaping from a man who said her mother allegedly gave her to. She, therefore, urged relevant authorities to rescue her from her ‘abusive’ mother.
Monday also accused her mother of allegedly trying to force her into child prostitution in exchange for money.
She claimed to be in Senior Secondary School 2 at Triumphant School, Effurun, in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. Monday alleged that her biological mother had contracted her to unnamed men to take sexual advantage of her.
This was contained in a viral video posted on social media.
From the video, Monday specifically stated that her mother took her to meet a man in a hotel on Sunday. And thereafter, eloped after dropping her off with the man.
She said, “My mother has been taking me to men. And last Sunday, after Church, she took me to meet a man in a hotel. She left and said that she was coming back. She did not come back till the evening and left me there.”
PUNCH Metro also reported that the girl stated that her mother took her to one Beeland Hotel at Orhuworun Road, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State.
“My mother me to meet an Aboki man and said she was coming back, and till it was late, she didn’t return.”
“I managed to escape from the hotel room, when the Aboki man went to have a bath,” PUNCH Metro quoted the girl.
Monday, however, stated that consequent upon that, she became infuriated and refused to go back to the house.
She added, “So, on getting out of the hotel room, I did not go to the house again. I managed to find my way to a friend’s house and stayed with that family overnight. On Monday morning, I went to school and reported the matter to my teacher. And my teacher said she was going to do something about the matter.”
“This is not the first time my mother is taking me out to go and meet different men. And she is always concerned about me and marriage,” she added.
However, when PUNCH Metro contacted the girl’s mother on the phone, she said her daughter had been missing from home. She added that she had “been searching for her daughter.”
She said, “My daughter, Emmanuella, has been missing for days. And I have been searching for her everywhere and could not find her. I don’t know her whereabouts. I am looking for her.”
Speaking further, the mother stated that she had reported the matter to the police at the division close to them and the police were also searching for her.
The proprietress of Triumphant Schools, Margaret Oghuvwu, explained how Emmanuella got to school on Monday amidst sobs. “She narrated her ordeals in the hands of her own mother who, she said, wanted to force her into prostitution,” Oghuvwu said.
The proprietress posited that the school management, thereafter, contacted law enforcement agents on the matter.
She said, “On Monday morning, we didn’t see her in school. After some time, we saw her sneaking into school with tears in her eyes. We asked her what happened, and she said that on Sunday, her mother took her to Beeland Hotel and handed her over to an Aboki man, with all her clothes like a sort of a marriage.
“She played along and waited for the Aboki man to go take his bath and come out. While the man was bathing, she ran out and she had to spend the night in her friend’s mother’s house.
“As we speak, I am scared. I don’t know if I should release the child to her mother or go to the police. I had to go to the human rights groups and involve them.
“The girl is even scared. Up till now, she cannot even come out because she is scared of her father and mother looking for her.”
Oghuvwu said it was also gathered that the father and mother of the girl were no longer together.
source: PUNCH
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