“I Don’t Remember Having Sex With Any Man” – 17-Year-Old Girl Whose Child Was Allegedly Buried Alive By Her Father

17-year-old Hafsat, whose newborn was allegedly buried alive by her father in Bauchi has said she wasnt aware that she was pregnant until it was time to have her baby.

She also stated that she doesnt even remember having any sexual intercourse with any man.

The Bauchi State Police Command had arrested one Bawada Audi, 50, after he murdered his newborn grandchild in Rimin, Zayam Toro Local Government Area of the State.

The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ahmed Wakili, said after Hafsat gave birth to a baby boy,  her father snatched and buried him behind his house.

Hafsat, who is suspected to be battling a mental disorder said she wasnt even aware that she was pregnant.

“I was not even aware that I was pregnant because throughout that period, my parents were busy battling to rescue me out of psychiatric challenges from different traditional healers. I spent months on medication in the house of one of the healers,” she said.

“I can’t remember when and how I had a sexual relationship with any man. When labour started, I thought it was the illness that triggered the blood and pain, which lasted for less than one hour,”

She said it was her first experience but she thanks God that she delivered the baby safely alone.

She said the baby cried for a while and then stopped, then her mother who heard when she screamed  came into her room to wash her body, removed the baby from the ground and did other necessary things.

Hafsat also debunked the report that her father buried the baby alive, claiming that the baby died after delivery.

“The baby remained in coma for over two hours. A neighbor, who is also a local midwife, arrived when she heard that I delivered and checked the baby, but said he was not alive. I feel very bad losing the baby. I was still in pain when the story of its death was broken to me.

“When my father returned home and was also told about the death of the baby, he decided to bury him beside the house fence. He buried the baby without involving anyone,”

She said when the story that she delivered her baby and he had been buried, some of the village youths reported the case to the military formation in Rimin Zayam, alleging that my father buried his grandson alive.

She then dismissed the reports as a lie because the baby died about two hours before she returned home. ” I want to emphasise that the baby died before my father buried him“.

“When the youths reported my father to the military and the police exhumed the baby, they arrested us and dragged us to their divisional headquarters in Toro. After spending a day, they took me back home and detained my father. I am now in double jeopardy – battling with severe body pain and health challenges. I don’t have a dime to go to the hospital for medication because the one taking care of my health challenges has been arrested and I have no one to give me money. We don’t have food in the family because the provider is under police custody,”

“My mother is also mentally unstable; it is my father who struggles everyday to feed the family. I am appealing to both government and well-to-do individuals to come to our aid,’’ Hafsat said.

Hafsat’s mother, Jamila Bawada, corroborated her daughter’s claim, saying that when she entered the room after her daughter screamed for help, the baby was already dead.

“When I checked the baby and discovered that he was not alive, I kept him inside a wrapper and waited for my husband to return. When he returned, I explained to him that his daughter delivered a baby but it died. He said there was no need to waste other people’s time, so he buried it within the compound.”

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