2-Month Old Baby’s Hand Amputated In Imo After Beating By Father Who Wanted To Sleep

The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Imo State chapter have stepped into the case of alleged brutalization of a two month old baby boy, Miracle by his father, Confidence Amatobi that caused his right hand to be amputated.

Mr Amatobi was said to have hit little Miracle with a plastic hanger, breaking his arm because he, the baby cried and disturbed his sleep.

The damage done to the baby’s hand and the father’s initial attempt to cover up the injury by not seeking medical help on time led to the amputation of the two-month old baby’s right hand at the Pediatrics ward of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Owerri.

NAWOJ, NHRC and the aggrieved mother of baby Miracle, have now called on the police and the Imo State government to intervene over the matter.

The mother of the baby, Mrs Favour Chikwe, 20, from Idemili Community, Anambra State narrated that she had left Miracle with his father on Friday, October 7, 2022, to use the convenience, when the incident happened.

According to her, when she overheard her baby crying uncontrollably she had to rush back to know the cause of his cry only for her to discover that his right hand was swollen and bone broken from the beating he received from his father.

Amatobi, it was learnt, confessed that the baby was disturbing him with his cry while he was sleeping and he had to try to stop him by battering him.

“Upon noticing that he has broken the baby’s hand, he used sticks and rubber bands to bind the broken bones together,” she said.

“When l confronted him about what he did, he locked us in the room, to prevent me from telling people about his wicked deed or seek for help. He also collected my phone from me so that I will not call the neighbours.”

Imo State Chairperson of NAWOJ, Dr Dorothy Nnaji speaking to newsmen after a visit to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri, where the baby is recuperating onfirmed that the injury inflicted by the 31-year-old father, a native of Amurie in Isu LGA of the state, caused the boy’s right hand to be amputated.

According to her Mr Amatobi was reported to have repeatedly hit the baby with a plastic hanger to stop him from crying until the right hand broke.

“The perpetrator, Mr. Confidence Amatobi, who hails from Amurie in Isu L.G.A  used a plastic hanger on the baby, simply because he was crying that the mother left to ease herself. He used wood and elastic bands to tie the baby’s hand when he saw that hand was broken and swollen,” Mrs Nnaji said.

“He locked the mother and baby to prevent  her from talking to neighbours or seeking help. He also took her phone from her. After two days she found her way out and sought help from her neighbours.  The guy  was arrested by a vigilante but he escaped.  By the time help came, the baby’s hand was already decayed. The only option was to cut off baby Miracle’s right hand from shoulder,”

“I feel for the 20 year old Favor Chikwe who is too young to go through all this stress just because she went to easy herself. I am calling on lmo State Judiciary and all spirited individuals and Government to give justice to this innocent boy whose only crime was that he cried like any other baby.” she added.

The Imo State Coordinator NHRC, Mrs Ukachi Ukah, also condemned the brutality and insisted that justice must be allowed to take its course in the case of baby Miracle after his hand was amputated because he disturbed his father’s sleep.

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