Rivers Woman stabs 12-year-old girl

The Rivers State Police reported that on Saturday, in Rumuodara in the Ohio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State, its personnel apprehended a woman they identified as Abigail for stabbing a 12-year-old child and leaving the knife in her body.

When the 30-year-old woman became irrational over a little matter, it was revealed that the girl, simply known as Oluebube, also resides in the compound.

The injured girl’s sister, Olucho, described the incident to reporters in Port Harcourt on Saturday. She claimed that the woman committed the deed because her sister accidentally slapped her with water in their hallway.

She said, “My sister was washing plates outside. The woman (Abigail) went and fetched water.

“Because our corridor is dark, the person inside can see somebody outside, but the person outside cannot see the person inside.

“The woman stood there with her water, but she did not tell my sister not to come with the pot to avoid running into her.

“So my sister, unknowingly, entered with the pot and ran into the woman, and both of them fell.

“The woman now started beating my sister. Other neighbours started begging the woman that it was a mistake, but the woman refused.”

Olucho said the woman had ordered her sister to sweep the spilled water, and the former continued fetching the water, and the latter agreed.

“So she went back to fetch another water, while my sister continued to wash the dishes and later took broom to sweep the water.

“But as my sister was about sweeping the water out, then went inside and came out with a knife.which she used to stab my sister.

“The head of the knife broke and the knife stayed in my sister’s body.’

She said the matter was immediately reported to the police, saying the woman entered her room and fled through the back door.

”But some neighbours caught her and handed her over to the police. My sister is in the hospital now, “she explained.

When contacted, Grace Iringe-koko, a spokeswoman for the state police command, verified the occurrence and stated that the injured girl’s body had been stripped of the knife by medical personnel.

She stated, ” The woman has been arrested and is in our custody. She will face the wrath of the law for her actions.

“But we thank God the doctors have removed the knife from the body of the girl and she is responding to treatmemt and investigation is ongoing.”

While this is happening, the Center for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability has demanded that the incident be thoroughly investigated.

If the suspect is determined to be guilty throughout the course of the inquiry, Prince Wiro, the organization’s national coordinator, encouraged the authorities to arraign him in court right away.