Graphic: Deaconess arrested for torturing a girl kept in her care and forcing her to sleep on toilet floor

Mrs. Iyema Oyemola Oyewole, a deaconess with the Living Faith Church, Barnawa, Kaduna State, has been arrested by Operatives of the Kaduna Police command for torturing a 14-year-old girl, identified as Princess .

The victim has been living with the Oyemolas for a year now, Her father, who is friends with the culprit’s husband, had honored his friend’s request for her to stay with them since he doesn’t have accommodation due to the unrest in southern kaduna.

According to a source , “Mr. Oyewole begged for Princess to come and stay with them, promising that she would be well taken care of and sent to school. The woman even used holy water on the girl when she received her, so the dad thought his daughter was in the safe hands.

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Months later, he called to speak with his daughter; the woman said he must speak with her in English and not Hausa, because she knew the daughter would likely spill. The call was closely monitored to prevent Princess from outing her.

Right from the day Princess landed in their house, she has been sleeping on the toilet floor without a wrapper and was given a cup to fetch water from the toilet tap to drink in case she was thirsty