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Aid Worker Rescues Abandoned Toddler Accused of Witchcraft

By Daily Nigerian Telegraph

A one-year-old girl who was reportedly accused of witchcraft and left to die in a bush in Akwa Ibom State has been rescued by a Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven.

Loven, who is the founder of the charity organisation, Land of Hope, disclosed this in a post on her Facebook account, Thursday.

She wrote, “Yesterday, we received a call in a village to rescue a little girl in a very critical condition.

“Land of Hope Director of Child Development, Nsidibe Orok, went with our rescue team to the location.

“Orok was surprised when he saw the girl in a near death situation. She is said to be one year and a few months old. The girl was abandoned.

“Children who are accused of being witches are usually abandoned to die in bushes. The girl is now at Land of Hope.”

Credit: Anja Ringgren Loven

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