After using a pestle to hurt a 5-year-old maid in Anambra, a woman blames the devil.
Ify Obinabo, the state’s commissioner for women’s issues and social welfare, told reporters in Awka on Saturday that Ifesinachi, 25, had been detained as a result of a tip-off.
Obinabo claimed that the culprit, an Alor native from the state’s Idemili South Local Government Area (LGA), beat the victim to a pulp with a cane and a pestle because the victim had thrown her infant to the ground.
She explained that the suspect would be charged in court after the case had been submitted to the State Criminal and Investigation Department of the Anambra Police Command.
“Immediately the incident was brought to my attention, I sent our response teams and some Non-Governmental Organisations in the company of the Police, to arrest the perpetrator
“The little girl was taken to the hospital where she is still undergoing medical examinations and treatments to ascertain the extent of her injuries. She is safe now and will not be returning to her guardian’s house again.
“We appreciate those who reported the case and the Police Command, for making sure that such cases are handled professionally and in record time,” she said.
The Commissioner warned parents and guardians in the state against abusing their children and domestic helpers.
She claims that anyone found abusing a child in Anambra will be subject to the full force of the law.
While asking for compassion, Ifesinachi acknowledged that she had flogged the girl and caused injuries to her body.
She ascribed her behaviour to the devil.
The child’s parents, whose identities were withheld, had earlier claimed that their little daughter had been sent to live with the mother and assist her after she gave birth to twins in March.
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