Bauchi Governor Bala Receives 6-Year-Old Whose Genital Was Mutilated By Ritualists After Successful Reconstructive Surgery (Photos)

Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has received six-year-old Hawa’u whose genital was mutilated during an attack in 2020, following her discharge from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano state.

It would be recalled that the suspects, 20-year-old Adamu Abdul Ra’uf and 19-year-old Abdukadir Wada Haladu last December, lured the child into an uncompleted building in Jama’are, headquarters of Jama’are Local Government Area of state, where they cut off her genitals for ritual purposes.

Following this, Governor Bala Mohammed donated N1m for the commencement of her treatment at Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital in Kano state, where she underwent reconstruction surgeries.

Following her successful procedures, Hauwa’u and her parents paid a thank you visit to the Governor and his wife, Dr. Aisha Bala Mohammed at the government house.

Receiving little Hawa’u on Monday, Governor Mohammed expressed happiness that after the surgeries, the young child has completely healed and is ready to be reunited with her parents and loved ones.

While appreciating God for the successful treatment of the girl, the governor declared that she was really lucky as it was not everyone who could be as lucky as she was, saying her healing was a miracle.

Mohammed expressed;

I am really delighted to see my little Hawa’u back as a normal person, an innocent six-year-old that was mercilessly mutilated in her genitals and rooted. Today we are receiving her. It’s a miracle that she’s a normal person, so, we must thank God almighty for this.

The Commissioner for Health had said all the stages of her reconstruction, all the surgeries were successful. God has answered our prayers; it is not everyone that can be so lucky like little Hawa’u.

Governor Bala, who stated that communities must stand up to stop “this dehumanising act of savagery”, said the government could not do it alone.

He advised the parents to make sure that they don’t allow little Hawa’u to be alone or to be sent on errands or to be out of school.

On her part, the First Lady used the occasion to call on parents to be more vigilant on their wards since the society was no longer friendly towards children.

She added that the responsibility of the state government to protect lives and prosperity were rather a collective one.

Meanwhile, Bauchi State Commissioner of Health, Doctor Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro said with the paediatric, Gynaecologist and Urologist who managed Hauwa’u case for at least 65 days have certified that the young child is now okay.

According to Bauchi State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Child Development, Hajara jibril Gidado, Bala has not only taken care of Hauwa’u’s treatment but has also given her parents some support as well as a scholarship from her primary to tertiary level.

Hauwa’u and her parents also received gifts from Bauchi State Governor.

See more photos from the visitation below;