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.
Vanguard Newspaper