Kwara Police Arraign Father, Stepmother Over Alleged Burning, Beating of 12-Year-Old

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested and brought to court the biological father and stepmother of a 12-year-old girl over an alleged attack in which the child's buttocks were reportedly burned with a hot coal pot because of a missing N100. The girl, identified as Misturah Babatunde, was also said to have been beaten with an electrical wire after she lost the money while selling soya beans, locally called "beske", for her stepmother. The Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, disclosed this on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, while addressing journalists in Ilorin. According to the CP, the case came to light on September 30, 2026, when a concerned resident of the Idigba area of Adewole, Ilorin, saw the girl buying GV solution from a nearby chemist at about 9.26pm. CP Adekimi said the resident became suspicious and asked the girl why she was outside at that house. The encounter reportedly led to the discovery of the alleged abuse, as the girl narrated how she had been punished over the missing money. "The girl disclosed that she had been beaten with an electrical wire and that her buttocks had been burnt with a hot coal-pot," the CP said. He identified the suspects as Babatunde Mustapha, the girl's biological father; Abdulrahman Aisat, her stepmother; and Bashirat Abdulfatai, their neighbour. "The electrical wire used in the assault and the hot coal-pot reportedly used to inflict the burns were listed as exhibits in the case," the police boss said. The command said the matter was reported to the police and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department on October 9, 2026, before being referred to the Anti-Human Trafficking, Women and Children Protection Unit for discreet investigation. "The three suspects have been arraigned in court and subsequently remanded at the Oke-Kura Correctional Facility," he added.