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Woman Allegedly Inflicting Injuries On A Girl For Bed-Wetting –Police

NAN

— March 18, 2014

The police in Lagos on Tuesday said they had arrested a 27-year-old woman for allegedly inflicting injuries on a 10-year-old girl over alleged bed-wetting.
The Spokeswoman of the Lagos State Police Command, DSP. Ngozi Braide, made the disclosure when she presented the suspect to newsmen,
She said that the offence was allegedly committed on Feb. 29.
Braide said that the suspect, who claimed to work with a private security company in Lagos allegedly, beat up the victim with stick and inflicted injuries on the body of the girl.
“On Feb. 29, the police at Onikan Division got information that a little girl was in one hospital in a critical condition.
“The officers went there and found the victim with her face and hands swollen as a result of beating.
“The victim was later referred to the Military Hospital, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, for better treatment as previous hospitals rejected her, due to her condition.
“An NGO, the Hands that Cares, was also invited into the case by a good Nigerian.
“The NGO has taken over the case with a view to settling the hospital bills, while calling for prosecution of the suspect.
“The State CID, Panti-Yaba, has investigated the case and the suspect will be charged to court.
“The legal department of the State CID would advise us on the offence she would be charged with.
“We are going to prosecute the case in collaboration with the NGO,’’ Braide said.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the occasion, the National Coordinator of Hands that Cares, Mrs Jacinta Nworie, said that the suspect was a younger sister to the victim’s father.
Nworie said that the suspect allegedly “collected” the girl from her father in Kogi State under the guise that she would train her in Lagos.
“The condition we met the girl in the hospital was bad.
“The victim told us that the suspect allegedly bit her with her tooth, inserted hot ointment into her private part and used sticks on her body.
“We met a man who claimed to be her father pleading that the suspect should be released as it is a family matter, but we are not so sure he is the father.
“We will release the girl to him if he can provide evidence as to his relationship with the girl,’’ Nworie said.
The suspect, who also spoke with NAN, said that she never meant to inflict the injuries on the girl, stressing that she was only angry with her for bed-wetting. (NAN)