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Health Worker Brutalises 14-Year-Old Househelp With Hot Knife In Abuja

Posted by Victor on Sat 22nd Sep, 2018 - tori.ng

The agency said Obinwa allegedly used sticks, wire and sharp objects to brutalise her home help and the victim was usually left untreated after such abuses.

The Rapid Response Squad of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested a 37-year-old health worker, Ifeoma Obinwa, for allegedly brutalising a 14-year-old girl with a hot knife in the Dutse Alhaji area of the Federal Capital Territory.

Our correspondent learnt that Obinwa was arrested last week Friday by the operatives for a case of domestic violence, after she was reported to have used the knife to slash through the girl’s thigh and buttocks.

The victim, who worked as a home help for Obinwa, was said to have been rescued by NAPTIP officials while the woman was arrested.

According to the anti-trafficking agency, Obinwa, on September 12, allegedly inflicted grievous injuries on the girl, who had been living with her since 2015 without being enrolled in any school.

The agency said Obinwa allegedly used sticks, wire and sharp objects to brutalise her home help and the victim was usually left untreated after such abuses.

Speaking with our correspondent on Friday during a press briefing, Obinwa said she beat up the home help because of the way she (the girl) maltreated her (Obinwa’s) baby.

She said, “I have always been nice to her. I have collected a school enrolment form for her. On this day, I left my youngest child, Mary, in her care, but I returned and found out that Mary had sustained hand injuries. When I asked her, she refused to talk. I was very angry and I started beating her.

“She then confessed that she threw my baby inside our bathroom, where the little child slipped and broke her arm. I became so mad. It was anger that led me to inflict the pain on her.”


Other suspects paraded by the agency included a 43-year-old woman, Stephany Bassey, who was arrested for allegedly being in possession of a three-month-old baby boy who was not her child.

The NAPTIP Director of Investigation, Josiah Emerole, who paraded the suspects, said the cases were contrary to the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2015 and the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015.

He said, “As soon as investigations are over on these cases, the suspects would be charged to court. In Obinwa’s case, the suspect accused the victim of beating her child and allegedly placed a knife on fire until it became very hot and then placed it on the victim’s thigh and buttocks. The victim was left untreated until operatives of the agency rescued her.”


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