Mr. Salam’s teenage daughter, Maryam, was reported to have stolen from her Madam a couple of weeks ago…
Mr. Salam is an Assistant Headmaster in one of the government primary schools in Gwagwalada, Abuja, he also owned a number of apartments which he put out for rent, but his family wallowed in lack and suffering. They barely have food to eat, and if at all they do, it would be repeated consistently until the food could practically grow on their heads. Mr. Salam’s responsibility varied from paying school fees to providing small amounts of money for feeding or learning a skill. Every other family need was none of his business. As a result of this, his children are mostly ill-fed, causing them to have long-throats, especially when they sniff the aroma of food outside the walls of their home. Other people were also generous enough to gift his children hand-me-down clothes.
Mr. Salam also has a peculiar way of punishing his children when they stepped out of line.
Maryam was registered in a tailoring shop as an apprentice where she occasionally went to learn tailoring. One day, her stepmother noticed that Maryam was putting on a new dress; a fabric that had been sewn. Surprised, she asked Maryam how the new dress came about, and Maryam told her stepmother that her Madam gave her the fabrics, then she sewed it herself at her shop. Maryam’s stepmother bought the story, because it sounded believable. Unknown to them, Maryam stopped going to the shop to learn tailoring.
One day, while Maryam wore the dress and walked around the street, one of her fellow apprentice from her Madam’s shop saw her and reported to their Madam, because apparently, the woman had been looking for her missing fabric. So when she heard that it was seen on Maryam, she paid Maryam’s family a visit. Mr. Salam was not at home at that time, but the woman dropped a message for him. The Madam explained to Maryam’s stepmother that Maryam had stolen her fabric, then taken it to another tailoring shop to sew it with her own money.
Immediately Mr. Salam got home that evening, before Maryam’s stepmother could tell him about Maryam’s Madam’s visit, his phone rang; it was the woman, and she told Mr. Salam exactly what she had told his wife.
Mr. Salam was enraged and embarrassed that his daughter would go out and steal, and he decided to dish out his punishment in his special way. Whenever any of his children defaulted, Mr. Salam was famous for not scolding or ‘beating’ them instantly; his perfect timing was early in the morning. So he waited patiently until the break of dawn, and while Maryam was still asleep, he went into her room with a rope and tied her up…as usual. He tied her legs together and tied her hands to the back. He does this so that they would not be able to escape the wrath of his anger, no matter how intense and unbearable his punishment was. Mr. Salam then collected a fat cane from the compound and began to flog Maryam mercilessly with it. Maryam cried and begged, but Mr. Salam was hell-bent on using his rod of correction to flog out every stealing spirit residing in her body.
In a bid to save herself from her father’s hurtful strokes of cane, Maryam fell and hit her jaw on the floor. Instantly, her jaw split open and blood began to gush out. Only then did Mr. Salam leave her alone. He made no attempt to untie her or stop the bleeding. Instead, he turned a blind eye. His wife, Maryam’s stepmother, rushed to her, untied her, and took her to a pharmacy close by. She requested money from Mr. Salam to pay for the treatment, which included stitching her split jaw and drugs to make the pains go away, but Mr. Salam told his wife that instead of him to spend money on her treatment, it would be better if she just died. Upon hearing this, his wife had to source for money to pay the pharmacist that treated Maryam.
It is just so unfortunate that in cases like these, especially in the society we live in, absolutely nothing was done to Mr. Salam. This method of punishment is a reoccurring episode in his household, and till now, he does it without any iota of pity or remorse, because he knows that no one can challenge his authority. Not his family members, not anyone outside his home.
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This method of correction is way out of line… I think the authorities should be involved before he will kill a member of his household
Way out of line!
What was he expecting when he as an assistant headmaster and also a landlord cannot provide fully for his family…. Definitely the children must come up with one bad character or the other just so they can match up with their mates.
Seriously that man really need to be reported to the authorities before he’ll kill one member of his family one day.
Exactly, what was he expecting?!
This and many others are cruel cases of child rights trampling, child rights violation, and Violence against children.
If this story is real, please I would like to know the man.
Kudud to you Lydia, you write so well.
All my stories are real, and thank you❤️
He resides in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Mr Salam is to be blamed. Nigeria ought to adopt child social services and then men like Mr Salam will know that their authority can be challenged. I hope he doesn’t get to learn his lesson in a hard way
He needs to know that his authority can be challenged📌
This is horrific! How can a father be so cruel and heartless? Mr. Salam’s actions are unacceptable and should be reported to authorities.
Unfortunately, everyone is sitting by and watching.
It’s crazy that he’d do that to his own child and be nonchalant thereafter. At least, the typical ‘wicked stepmother’ story is different here; she’s actually helpful.
I’m wondering the kind of trauma this builds for the girl and his other children.
My thoughts exactly…what kind of environment has been created for his children, and how it’ll affect them on the long run.
this is terrific, doing this one’s child.
The caption says it all😅
A very dangerous daddy🤧
Honestly
It is deeply concerning when someone neglects their parental responsibilities and then mistreating a poor child. Reporting such behavior to the appropriate authorities is indeed the right step to ensure the child’s safety and well-being. This type of abuse should be addressed immediately.
Spot on📌
This is a very interesting but sad story. The author of this interesting piece stitched every bit of this story in a way that makes it utterly fraught with suspense, pity and empathy.
It is really sad that in today’s world modes of punishments like this have still not being abolished and that people who engage in repugnant practices like these still live amongst us. I hope that stories like these will help bring to bare the level of evil and pain that is the consequence of this mode of punishment.
It’s just so sad
There is a cause for every action. Mr Salam should have also listened to his daughter before punishment. I think that’s a fair way of judging a case.
He should have done better by doing right by his family.
So he would rather cry over his children than take care of them… Wow! Na to plan his downfall remain. I wish the government can intervene
A very useless father.