The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old woman for allegedly maltreating her 8-year-old nephew on allegations of being a wizard.
LIB tales that whereas speaking with newsmen on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Ikeja, Lagos state, the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, described the act as “a case of man’s inhumanity to man.”
“It’s a case of man’s inhumanity to man reported by one Chinonye Iyonetu, eight-years-old, in the direction of one Charity Iyonetu of Animal Kingdom, close to Seme Border, Lagos. The complainant alleged that the suspect is the elder sister to his father.
“That sometime in 2016, the suspect obtained right here to their village, Agbaai, Nkota LGA of Imo State and launched him to Lagos after his mother abandoned him and left to an unknown place. He claimed that the suspect always maltreats him, accusing him of being a wizard.
“However, the ordeal of the little boy obtained right here to the fore when on May 9, at about 9 am, the suspect use horse whip a.okay.a Koboko, to flog the complainant, inflicting accidents all through his physique.”
“She thereafter locked him in her one-room residence alongside together with his two palms tied behind his once more and left to her retailer. The complainant was crying and shouting for help which made one Peter Aluku to call the Police. When the police group arrived, they broke the door of the house and rescued the child” he added.
Primarily based on Imohimi, the suspect will in all probability be charged to the Specific and Sexual Offences Court docket docket as quickly because the continued investigation is concluded.
Decaying hand of maltreated house maid will ship chills down your spine
A decaying hand of a Lagos house maid who reportedly suffered abuse whereas residing alongside along with her boss, Mrs. Anyakaora, has supplied a disturbing sight.
The sufferer, perceived to be throughout the 11 to 13 age group, was discovered with an impairment to her wrist.
This prompted Samaritan who found her at a grocery retailer to contact a human rights group in a bid to get help for the child who appeared underfed and maltreated.
Decaying hand of maltreated house maid will ship chills down your spine
On Fb, a woman named Nzelibe Onyedika Iyke launched that Anyakaora’s who lives in Ijegun, Lagos, is on the run.
However, her husband has been arrested.
“Phrase: Little corrections please!!! Pls Mom and father b cautious on how u give out ur 9 months labour to Daughters of Jezebel in d determine of house help/ Little one sitter.
“This little gal has been residing beneath tortures: laborious labour,poor feeding,bullying,and so forth with one Mrs Anyakaora.
“Tenants facet,first floor once more @ No 12 Dominic Street, Ijegun after Navy metropolis Lagos state.
“D poor Lady was was despatched on errand Yesterday to buy one factor when Samaritan met her in a close-by Retailer with a decayed,Maggot feasted fingers & intervened by getting HUMAN RIGHTS involved in d case.
“Her (Mr Anyakaora) Husband is cooling off his head in definitely certainly one of d Lagos state police stations now,as d partner is not any the place to b found.
“Mothers,kindly b guided!!! Pls Rebroadcast for d consciousness of d Little Gal’s family,” Iyke wrote in a submit shared on Monday, February 26, 2018.
Social media one that responded to the announcement expressed sympathy for the sufferer whereas directing scorn to her abusers.
Their responses mirrored a society nonetheless able to current concern for the downtrodden no matter daily hardship.
