It seems Onitsha can never stop being in the news. from discovery of human skulls in a hotel to the sales of human meat at a ppopular hotel in this same Onitsha.
At the Onitsha Chief Magistrate Court, Chiamaka , a mother
of two, was arraigned by the police yesterday for savagely biting her
nine-year-old maid all over the body, including her private part.Chiamaka, who hails from Eziagu in Enugu State, was
arraigned in suit number MO/38/2013 for allegedly inflicting bodily harm on her
maid, Nnenna Nwafor, on July 25 when she allegedly used dangerous weapons
and her teeth to inflict injuries on the girl.
The Police Prosecution counsel, Mr. Uwakwe Okoji, told
the court that the crime was committed at No 7 Udemba Street, Woliwo Onitsha. He described the act as not only evil, but also one of
man’s inhumanity to man. He equally told the court that the husband of
the suspect had since sent her out of his house because of the act, while
praying the court to look into the matter with a view to bringing the suspect
to justice.
The victim's mother who is a widow amidst tears told the
court that she never knew that the injuries on her daughter were so serious
until when she(victim) removed her pant and she noticed that she had a very
serious cut in her private part.
The victim, Nnenna, while narrating her after the court
session, painted a gory picture of what she passed through in the hands of her
mistress. She said that on several occasions, her mistress had poured hot water
on her, and attacked her with dangerous weapons on some other occasions.
She further disclosed how her mistress forced her down
and ordered her to open her legs before biting her severally in her private
part, after inflicting same on her buttocks and other parts of her body.
The presiding Magistrate, Mr. M A Okonkwo, said he was
dumbfounded over the incident, adding that he never believed that a woman, who
had passed through pains of childbirth, could inflict this type of injuries on
a daughter of a fellow woman and ordered the suspect to be remanded in prison
custody
Na wah o!
ReplyDeleteI am dumbfounded too and I pray against any circumstance that will reduce me to sending my children out for slavery (maid /servant).
ReplyDeleteThis is simply put- crazy!! the woman should be kept behind bars and her husband should be given custody of their children.She's not fit to be called a mother... haba,this is so grouse!!!!
ReplyDeleteOkay na!!!
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