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
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