.This young girl's stepmother, 28-year-old
Christiana Faturoti, allegedly threw her there
as a punishment because she soiled herself.
After putting the child in the room, she
padlocked it and left for her workplace.
For over two hours on February 17, the little
girl, who turned two on February 15, 2015,
groaned and moaned, until a neighbour heard
the sound and traced it to an unoccupied room
which was padlocked. After peeping and seeing
the girl in such a condition, the neighbour
quickly alerted the police at Itori police station.
Christiana was promptly arrested and is
currently undergoing interrogation at the Anti-
Human Trafficking section of the Department
of Criminal Investigation, Ogun State Police
Command.
Lovelyn’s mother was reported to have
developed baby blues (mental illness) after
birth and is currently at a psychiatric hospital
where she is undergoing treatment. Crime
Reports learnt that the child’s father, Mr
Christopher William, met Christiana on the
facebook, after which they started a
relationship.
Willam (37), from Abia State who spoke with
Crime Reports, said:
“Christiana posted a notice on facebook
that a single lady from Osun State, a
mother of one, needed a husband. I called
the number and asked that we meet.
“I sent her N5,000 as transport fare to
Lagos State and she came in February
2013. She slept in my place and left the
following day. We lost contact for about
two months. Later, she called me that she
was pregnant and I told her to come over
to Lagos. We went to my mother in Abia
State in June and spent about a week
there.
“In October 2013, I told Christiana to move
in with me until she would deliver her
baby, after which we would go to her
family for marriage formalisation. To my
surprise, she refused, saying that she had
to get the consent of her friend, Dekola
Elizabeth. She later called and said her
friend disagreed with my suggestion.
“When she put to bed on December 5, 2013
and I was informed, I still repeated my
suggestion but she refused. I said we would
hold the naming ceremony when the baby
would be three months according to my
culture but she named the baby herself on
the seventh day.
“All these led to a disagreement for a while
until I called her for settlement again and I
promised to be visiting. In November 2014,
she said she wanted to see my daughter.
Then my daughter, Lovelyn, was with a
care giver whom I was paying N12,000 per
month. She suggested that she take the little
girl to stay with her along with her son.
That was same November.
“I agreed with the idea and she took my
daughter.
“Any time I went there, the friend would
not allow me to sleep over. She would be
looking at her watch, telling me it was time
to leave. If I desired to have private
discussion with Christiana, she would ask
me to say everything in the presence of her
friend.
“My daughter was two years old on
February 15, so on February 14, I called
her that we should celebrate Valentine’s
Day together so that the following day, we
could mark my daughter’s birthday but she
said no, she had a church programme. On
February 15, I was at Christiana’s place.
“I noticed that my baby was wearing two
dresses. I removed the dresses and saw
whip marks on my daughter’s body. I also
saw another mark on her face and noticed
that her eyes were bloodshot. On enquiries,
Christiana said my daughter got the marks
from school.
“I called her friend’s attention to it but her
response was ‘That is your business’. I
made up my mind to go with my daughter
but Christiana said she would put her in
her own class in school. I gave her N5,000
and said I would be back on Wednesday.
“I was surprised when I received a call on
February 17 from Itori police station.
When I got there, I was shown my
daughter’s picture and I started weeping. I
enquiries on what I did to warrant the
treatment and I was told she said I loved
the girl more than her son.”
Christopher said the lady’s family had been
begging her but said his relationship with her
was over. “If she could do this to my daughter,
it means my life is in danger too.”
Christiana, from Imesi-Ile, Osun State, told
Crime Reports that
“the girl did not offend me but I was not
happy at the way Christopher neglected me
and the baby I had for him, and
concentrated on his daughter.
“I met Christopher on facebook in
December 2012. He told me he had a child
but was single. I also told him I was a
single mother of one. He proposed a
relationship and I went to Lagos State to
see him. When I got pregnant, I went to his
parents in Abia State. On our return, I
asked him to accompany me to my parents’
but he said he was not ready to go, telling
me to pack into his house. I refused and he
stopped coming to me.
“After delivery, I called him and he came with
N5,000, diapers and clothes. He did not come
for the naming ceremony; I named the child
myself.“In September, 2014, he called to
apologise and said he would start performing
his responsibility. In October, he said his
daughter’s care giver had travelled and his
relations were using the girl to extort money
from him. He said I should get an
accommodation for him so that he would move
close to me. Christopher started coming
regularly and would bring provisions.
“It is true I beat the girl which left marks
on her. She soiled herself and I was angry
with her. On February 17, she soiled
herself again, so I tied her hands and legs,
tapered her mouth and threw her inside
the room the father paid for, though yet to
move in. I padlocked the room and left for
my workplace at about 7a.m. I just wanted
to punish her.”
When asked to describe her action, Christiana
replied: “Wicked”.
Christiana’s friend, Diekola Elizabeth from
Eruwa, Oyo State (27), who was also arrested,
told Crime Reports that
“I didn’t know about what Christiana did
to Lovelyn. I was not a party to it, though I
also beat her once when she soiled herself.
“It is true that Christopher pointed my
attention to the marks on the child’s body
and said that he wanted to go with her, but
I replied that the choice was his because it
was none of my business.”
Reacting to the story, the police image maker in
Ogun state Police Command, DSP Olumuyiwa
Adejobi, described the suspect’s act as
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