11-year-old girl stranded after running away from her guardian’s home in Abuja over alleged maltreatment

An 11-year-old girl, Happiness Ugbem, from Oju Local Government Area of Benue State was found stranded in Kagini, Abuja, after allegedly being maltreated by a guardian.

According to Elder Sughnen Yaya, the minor said that her aunt simply known as Caro, brought her to Abuja last week and handed her over to a friend. 

She alleged that the woman subjected her to maltreatment, prompting her to run away from the house Sunday in an attempt to return to her aunt.

The girl said she could not remember the location of either her aunt’s residence or that of the aunt’s friend.

Sughnen urged anyone with useful information about the minor’s family to contact him.