The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Adewale Ajao, has ordered the arrest of a woman accused of subjecting a 14-year-old girl to physical abuse and starvation in Abuja.
This comes after a troubling video went viral, showing the girl, identified as Bashariya, narrating her ordeal in Hausa.
Bashariya, originally from Zamfara State, said she was taken to Abuja after her parents fled their hometown due to bandit attacks and took refuge in an Internally Displaced Persons camp in the Gwiwa Eka area.
Bashariya said she was hired as a maid and taken to Abuja with the promise that she would get a better life there.
However, she claims she was starved, beaten, and even burnt by her guardian.
The video shared online showed burn marks and old and new bruises all over her body.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed that the Commissioner of Police had taken swift action upon seeing the video.
She said the Divisional Police Officers across the FCT had been directed to locate and arrest the woman responsible for the abuse.
Madukwe B. Nwabuisi is an accomplished journalist renown for his fearless reporting style and extensive expertise in the field. He is an investigative journalist, who has established himself as a kamikaze reporter.