Mrs Darasimi Martins reportedly
poured hot water on her sixteen-year-old housemaid for stealing eggs.
The lady who was
apprehended by police operatives attached to Olosan Division in Mushin, after
the Child Protection Network (CPN) reported the case there, was arrested for
one of several assaults the young girl had suffered from the Martins.
The housemaid who was sent
to buy six eggs but hid two on her return, was poured hot water on her face by
her boss who assaulted her after she found out.
Recall that a similar
incident occurred few months ago, after the Lagos State Police Command also
arrested a mother of four, who allegedly burnt her 10-year-old maid with a hot
pressing iron in Ikeja, on the allegation that the maid was maltreating her
children in her absence.
The maid also had burns she
claimed to have sustained from hot water allegedly poured on her by her boss.
The victim was reportedly brought to Lagos few months ago, from her indigent
widowed mother in Umuoju Ngwu area of Abia State. She alleged that life became
a living hell as her boss, who she referred to as mummy, battered her at the
slightest provocation.
Neighbours reportedly
informed the suspect, Nkeiruka Ngwu, a petty trader that her children usually
cry whenever she was away. While trying to force the truth out of the girl,
Ngwu was alleged to have placed a hot pressing iron on her hands and legs. Not
done, she was alleged to have poured hot water on her. The following day, she
was said to have taken her children to school in the company of the injured
maid, where some inquisitive mothers advised her to take the maid to hospital.
The suspicious mothers were
said to have reported the matter to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police,
Imohimi Edgal, on Friday, after the injured girl was sighted bringing her boss’
children to the private school (name withheld) with the her injuries unattended
to.
No comments:
Post a Comment