11-YEAR-OLD GIRL GETS PREGNANT FOR FIVE BOYS

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 boyssthat patronises her mother� hot drinking joint. However, the source hinted
that when Tony was Heconfronted, he said � 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 swoman� house. SheOut of annoyance, � 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 sdaughter� predicament, tears rolled down her cheek, Ias she said � 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.