It
was a shocking story to the parents and neighbours of an 11 year old
girl and pupil of Ikorenim Primary School in Calabar, Cross River State,
Ekamen Asuquo, when a pregnancy test that was conducted on her at the
General Hospital, Calabar revealed that she was carrying a four-month
pregnancy.
The
mother of the primary five pupil, who resides at 2, Pipeline Road,
Ikorenim had suspected pregnancy, going by the symptoms exhibited by the
teenage girl, who was sick for a while as she decided to take her to
the hospital after she failed to get well, despite long period of self
medication.
The mother was rattled when it was discovered that the girl was pregnant after some tests.
A
neighbour, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said “She has been at
home for the past two months always complaining of one ailment or the
other and the mother had to take her to the General Hospital after home
medication could not heal her in the hope that she could be treated
there.”
The
neighbour, said when the teenage girl was confronted by her mother, who
allegedly sells hot drinks and illicit drugs over who was responsible
for the pregnancy, she mentioned one Tony, one of the boys that
patronises her mother’s hot drinking joint.
However,
the source hinted that when Tony was confronted, he said “He was the
one who dated the teenage girl first but another customer, Jones
snatched her from him and when Jones was confronted, he said he had
since stopped dating the girl and mentioned another person, who when
also confronted, mentioned another boy and at the last count, the number
was five.”
It
was gathered that the mother was infuriated when her daughter confirmed
that she slept with all the boys mentioned and could not actually tell
who was responsible. It was also gathered that two of the boys mentioned
were tenants living in the woman’s house.
Out
of annoyance, “She has since asked the two young men living in her
house to quit but they are asking for time to secure another
accommodation before they can vacate the house.”
When
the distraught mother was asked what she was going to do with the
daughter’s predicament, tears rolled down her cheek, as she said “I
leave everything to God.”
When
the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr John Umoh, was contacted,
he said the incident had not been reported to the police.
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