A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Joe Igbokwe, has raised an alarm concerning the rate of child abuse in South East Nigeria.

MyNigeria can authoritatively report that, in recent years, social media has been flooded with photos and videos showing the abuse suffered by minors at the hands of women in the South East.

In most cases, the minors were the house servants of the women and were usually of the same age as the children of their bosses.

Other cases are children of men who decided to take a new wife or those from another union.

One such incident involved a boy of about seven years old, whose skin was bruised all over and left to starve.

Reacting to the unfortunate trend, Igbokwe wrote on social media:

"Child abuse is fast becoming a recurring decimal in the South East of Nigeria. We see this new evil every other day. We have to cure the madness before it becomes the new normal."

In other news:


Pelumi Olajengbesi, the spokesperson for Imole Campaign Council of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has stated that Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State is the dullest and most incompetent Governor in Nigeria.

This was after the All Progressives Congress drafted Okpebholo to lead its campaign to unseat Adeleke in Osun State come August 15.

Olajengbesi made the statement in a post on Facebook accompanied by a photo of the Edo State governor.

He wrote, "APC posted the dullest and most incompetent Governor in Nigeria to come and lead the campaign for Osun APC candidate in Osun State.

"Mark my words, Oyebamiji will lose even in his own local government.

"No force can stop Governor Ademola Adeleke and the people of Osun State in the coming election."

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