19/11/2025
This is tràumatic.
The àgony of a Mother: 'I watched in hòrròr as five bàndits ràpèd my 13-year-old daughter after kìllìng my husband' - Plateau woman criès out
A young woman whose husband was killèd by Fulani bàndits has narrated how five of the bàndits gàng-ràped her 13-year-old daughter in her presence while the body of her husband lay beside her.
The woman who narrated her hòrrific experience on Tuesday, said the Fulani bàndits invaded her community in Bwai district in Mangu local government area of Plateau State in the night and went from house to house slàughtering people and livestock.
"The Fulani bàndits, who were over 100, invaded our community around 12 midnight and went from house to house killìng people, steàling our livestock, and killìng some of them.
They also bùrnt down some houses and food silos. When they got to our house, they asked about my husband, who was one of the leaders of the vigilante group. It was clear they knew my husband and had come purposefully to kìll him.
“When my husband heard them, he ran into the toilet to hide but when they threatenèd to kiìl me and our 13-year-old daughter, he came out and surrendered himself. He begged them to kìll him instead and spare me and our daughter.
“Luckily, our two older sons were in the boarding school; otherwise, they would have been killèd too.
One of the Fulani men told my husband, John, yau na ka ya kare. Ba kun kafa kungiya domin ku yi tare mu ba? Ina sauran mutanen ku?’ (John, today will be your end. So you people formed a group to stop us? So where are the remaining members of your group?)
“Having said that, he ordered one small boy who could not be more than 17 years old to sh00t my husband, and the boy carried out the orders immediately.
“I was busy begging them not to kill me and my daughter and the leader said they were not out to kìll women. The leader was looking at my daughter somehow, and I feared for the wòrst.
My fears were confirmed when he told my daughter to remove her clòthes and lie on the bed, that they were going to have sèx with her.
“I begged them not to dèfile my daughter, and out of desperation, offered to be ràpèd in her place, but they said I was old and they needed to taste a young girl. That was how the five of them gàng-ràped my little girl, and even when she pàssed out, they still continued assàulting her.
“The most hèartbrèaking part of the ordeal was that they made sure I watched what they were doing, and every time I turned my face away, they would slàp me and threatened to sh00t me if I refused to look. For over one hour, I watched in horròr as the animals took turns to ràpe my daughter.
“Since the ordeal, the girl has not been the same again. She has become a recluse and hardly talks to anyone. I have not shared this hòrrible experience with anyone to protect her, but I am opening up now to see if I can get help for my daughter, as her condition is becoming wòrse. She can no longer control her blàdder and urinàtes on her body without control.
“I am a poor widow just managing to take care of my children but my life has been shàttered,” she said, breaking down in te6ars.
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