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Police in Ogun rescue six year old girl after her stepmother allegedly tortured her using nails

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The police in Ogun State have rescued a six-year-old girl after her stepmother, Abimbola, allegedly tortured her with nails at their residence in Ijagba, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.   The little girl's plight was brought to the notice of the police by a non-governmental organization, Olanrewaju Omo-George Foundation, after it received reports from concerned neighbors about the horrific treatment her father Taiwo Onabanjo and his new wife meted out on the minor. The foundation’s supervisor, Christopher Onuegbu, said immediately the report was received, a complaint was made at the Sagamu police division and the couple were immediately arrested. “We received a distress call that a stepmother had been torturing a child with nails. The stepmother used the nails to inflict injuries on her head and body, and we asked for the location and the person said it was in Ijagba, Sagamu. I informed our secretary to report the incident at the Sagamu Police ...

16-year-old girl is thrown to her death from an 11th-floor apartment 'by her uncle after she spoke out against his abuse'

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A 16-year-old girl has tragically died after her uncle allegedly threw her from an 11th floor apartment in Tehran, Iran.   The victim, Fatemeh Ghozat was allegedly beaten and then murdered by her uncle Mojtaba Namdar after speaking out against his abuse on May 22.    Fatemeh's heartbroken mom, Bariha Rahmani, who witnessed the alleged incident told Iran International TV that Mojtaba threw her daughter out of a window from an 11th-floor apartment in the Shahrah-e Aseman neighbourhood of Parand in southeast Tehran.   Speaking out after Ghozat was released on bail just two weeks after the incident, Bariha said: 'He threw my girl out of the window in front of my eyes, and then placed her body in my hands. 'He has now been released on bail and walks free. He threatens my son, and tells him, "It's your turn now!".    'I'm afraid for myself and my children. Tell me, in what other country in the world, when a murder has occurred and all the evidence ...