A heartbreaking report from Nigeria has confirmed that a woman and her 8-year-old daughter (names withheld) have tested positive for HIV after the woman’s boyfriend, one Jude Chinedu aka, Ijiegbe, allegedly raped the minor in their house in Alegbor Community, Uvwie LGA of Delta state.
DailyTrust said that records of the medical tests revealed that the mom and her daughter are sick with the dreadful illness.
“The suspect who is a married man has fled the area. The suspect is a boyfriend to the woman and had been squatting with her and her daughter. He has fled the house after it was discovered that he’s been having carnal knowledge of the little girl.
The police have mounted a manhunt for the suspect who is from Anambra State. Each time the woman who sells pap goes out for hawking, the boyfriend will bath the little girl and have sex with her.
He usually threatened to kill her if she told anyone about it. The mother noticed sudden changes in the child’s behaviour and a smelly discharge from her body and after several interrogations, she opened up that the suspect had r@ped her over and over and when the woman confronted the suspect, he ran away from the house,’’ a source said
Comrade Kelvin Ejumudo, a human rights activist in the state, reported the incident to the police.
The little child was transported to the hospital for a medical examination, when it was revealed that she had HIV. The same test was performed on the mother, who also came back positive.
‘The police have been following the suspect’s phone number. He was almost nabbed on Thursday but managed to flee into the jungle,” he claimed.
