Mother locks up daughter in a toilet for years after Prophet told her she’s possessed

A 13-year-old girl identified as Mercy Effiong has been tortured and tormented by her own mother, Mrs. Effiong, over allegations from a yet-to-be identified prophet who claimed she was possessed by demons.
Ms. Mercy who was rescued on Sunday by Child’s Right And Rehabilitation Network (CRARN), was locked up in the toilet by her mother for several years which sucked out the fat out of her and left her with skeletal bones.

PARADISE NEWS learnt in a Facebook post made by CRARN that Mercy was eating up her faeces in other to survive. See excerpt of the post below:
“This is Mercy Effiong, a 13 years old girl who was locked up in a toilet and a dark, isolated room for years before she was rescued to the CRARN Children Centre, Eket, Nigeria.

“The mother tortured and neglected her as a result of a spurious claim by her church prophet that she was possessed by demon. She was deprived of foods and hardly given the needed nutrition to survive. She ended up eating her own faeces at some points to survive.
“Consequent upon this, Mercy suffered from malnutrition and became badly emaciated and almost died before her rescue.
“The cruel manner which children like this are treated is unheard of, unimaginable and pathetic.
“Mercy is from Oron, Akwa Ibom State, the epicenter of children stigmatization. She’s one of the few lucky children who have survived such horrific treatment”.

Please, in other to support Mercy or other children in the CRARN shelter, CRARN.net