12-year-old Girl Caged For 8 Months, Starved By Couple In Nigeria

12-year-old Girl Caged For 8 Months, Starved By Couple In Nigeria
They kept the girl in a cage at their compound and starved her of food for eight months.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 14, 2021
The Sokoto Police Command has rescued a 12-year-old girl, Joy Emmanuel, from solitary confinement of eight months.
The girl was said to have been caged for that period by her guardians identified as Emmanuel Basey and his wife Esther Emmanuel at the Sokoto Cinema area in Sokoto North Local Government Area.
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Joy was also said to have been starved. 
It was gathered that the couple claimed “she is mentally unstable” but were later proven otherwise by the police.

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