Why I Cut Off My Infant Step Son’s Genitals – Nigerian Woman (Photo)

The people of Dafe village, a Gbagyi
community in Shiroro local
government area of Niger State,
were terrified when a 17-year-old
housewife, Bara’atu Muhammad
cut-off the genitals of her 23-day-
old stepson, Buhari Muhammad,
spurred by jealousy.
Daily Trust was gathered that the
boy’s father, Muhammadu Dauda
married Buhari’s mother seven
years ago and he is the first child of
the union. He married Bara’atu just
four months ago. All of them hail
from Dafe village.
With qualms, Bara’atu confessed
that she took the infant from his
mother’s room where he was
sleeping, to the toilet where she
chopped-off his joystick with a
kitchen knife.
“I decided to do that in retaliation
to insults (I’ve been receiving) from
his mother. She has been insulting
me,” she explained.
“Anytime I complained to our
husband, he will not take action.
That was the major reason I used
our kitchen knife to cut off his
joystick.”
The husband, Muhammad Dauda
denied that Buhari’s mother, Basira
was in the habit of insulting
Bara’atu, adding that the offending
wife never reported Basira to him
and that as far as he was
concerned they were living in
peace.
“I never heard them quarrelling, I
never saw them fighting. My house
is intact. There was no division. I
treated them equally,” Dauda
insisted, adding that he was
shocked when he heard what
happened to his son.
He expressed shock that Bara’atu
could carry out such a dastardly
act: “She never showed any sign of
madness. She is mentally okay.”
Buhari’s 21-year-old mother, Basira
also denied Bara’atu’s allegations,
saying she never insulted her
younger mate.
“Ever since she was married and
came to the house, I took her as my
younger sister. That was why I
allowed her to be close to my son.
I didn’t know that she was planning
to kill my son,” she lamented.
Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi who is
taking care of the boy at the IBB
Specialist Hospital, Minna, said his
joystick has already been damaged
and shrunken and that there was
no way that it can be transplanted
to its normal position.
He said the medic will however, try
their best to ensure that Buhari
survives and lives a normal life.
Meanwhile, the Niger State
government has promised to take
care of Buhari’s medical bills.
The Director of Niger State Child’s
Right Agency, Maryam Kolo, said
that the state government will do
everything possible to ensure that
Buhari gets the required medical
treatment for his quick recovery.
Niger State police spokesman, DSP
Bala Elkana, said Bara’atu has been
arraigned before a magistrate’s
court and remanded in Minna
prison, pending the conclusion of
investigations.
He added that no stone would be
left unturned in ensuring that
justice was done for the infant.
This incident happened a few
weeks after a 21-month-old boy
Musa was severely mutilated by his
stepmother in Kano.