Police officers in Lagos have arrested a woman identified as Mama Emeka, for allegedly burning her step-sister with a hot iron.
Although the incident occurred on Christmas Day at 36, Fadeyi Street,
Olowora, the suspect was reportedly arrested on Tuesday following the
intervention of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence team in
collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and Social Development.
The Nation gathered that the suspect, who usually assaulted the 16-year-old victim, accused her of being stubborn.
The suspect, it was gathered, usually “over labored” the teenager, whose
mother reportedly abandoned her after the death of her father.
According to sources, residents of the street revolted against the woman
who also used razor blade to cut the victim’s thighs and shaved her
hair.They alleged that the woman usually forced the victim to hawk and
work into later hours of the night.
It was learnt that the residents mobilised to ensure the suspect was
apprehended and handed over to policemen from Ketu Police Division,
while the victim was taken into protective custody.
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