A woman, Sakirat Attah, 25, has been arrested by the police at Elemoro Division, Lekki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for severely scalding her son’s face.
Little Daniel with scalded face. Inset… Injury inflicted on his head by his mother
The petty trader who resides at Abijo village in Ibeju Lekki, allegedly carried out the dastardly act while punishing little Daniel for licking their neighbour’s soup.
P.M.NEWS gathered that Sakirat also used a broken bottle to stab Daniel in the head during her fit of anger and he sustained a deep cut in the head
A police source told P.M.NEWS that the victim’s neighbours rescued him from the mother and quickly rushed him to a nearby hospital due to excessive loss of blood.
P.M.NEWS gathered that trouble started for the little boy when their co-tenant allegedly caught him licking their pot of soup and reported him to his mother.
The mother of the child was said to have dragged her son inside her room and locked the door. She allegedly lit her stove and put an iron spoon on it to get hot and used it to burn her son’s face and hands as punishment.
It was also gathered that when the little boy was not cooperating with her, she allegedly broke a bottle and stabbed him in the head before neighbours who allegedly heard the boy crying for help entered the woman’s room and rescued him.
During interrogation, the little boy allegedly admitted licking the soup because he was seriously hungry since his mother did not provide food for him to eat on time.
The neighbours, it was learnt, reported the matter to the police who arrested the woman.
During interrogation, she allegedly admitted scalding her son with hot spoon to teach him a lesson not to steal again, adding that she did not know that the torture would cause the boy such injuries.
After investigation, she was charged before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, Lagos on a one count charge of assaulting a minor occasioning bodily harm.
The offence, the prosecutor, Supol E. C. Ekuma said, contravened section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and the presiding chief magistrate, Mrs. Femi Segun admitted her on bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum with proof of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
She also directed that one of the sureties must be a blood relation, while the other must be a community leader. She adjourned the matter till 27 June, 2013 for mention.
The defendant was, however, moved to Kirikiri Prison, Apapa, pending when she would fulfill the bail conditions.
Common sense is indeed not common.
Posted: at 24-05-2013 04:50 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
Charivan at 24-05-2013 05:21 PM (11 years ago) (f)
lessons of life, but woman u went far
Posted: at 24-05-2013 05:21 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
Slimchery at 24-05-2013 06:07 PM (11 years ago) (m)
Nigeria court judges are always funny, how can you ask someone that her son lick their neighbour’s soup to pay 100,000 Naira, did you know if the boy was dying of hunger before licking that soup? did naija judges even think before asking people to pay money they cannot even get in the next 10 years , though the woman was wrong on her own side but the judge is useless and mad for asking to pay this kind of money bail, (poor woman) .
Posted: at 24-05-2013 06:07 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
steveoneal at 24-05-2013 07:09 PM (11 years ago) (m)
tragic,,poverty , andanger management,,, the woman went to far, those scars would be everlasting on the boy,, its so sad what poverty can cause,, punishing your son isnt a crime, at least to curb him from further stealing before the hands of jungle justice get to him ,, but that is too much for such a little boy or even anyone ,,,
Posted: at 24-05-2013 07:09 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
THIS KIND OF THING HAPPEN ALWAYS IN NIGERIA,, THERE IS NO LAW TO PROTED THOESE LITTLE CHILDREN,, 60 PERSENT OF AFRICA CHILDREN PASS THOUGH MISTREATMENT,,
Posted: at 24-05-2013 07:28 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
KingPharoah at 24-05-2013 07:35 PM (11 years ago) (m)
Young mothers/women, pls do not cause yourself permanent pain & sorrow by acting recklessly, Whether this woman likes it or not, tha scar at the son's face will be a source of sorrow for her all the days of her life kill your pikin cus of Mama Iyabo soup wey be half water half oil, no fish no meat little chicken kpomo
Posted: at 24-05-2013 07:35 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
jane4real at 24-05-2013 07:56 PM (11 years ago) (f)
Quote from: KingPharoah on 24-05-2013 07:35 PM
Young mothers/women, pls do not cause yourself permanent pain & sorrow by acting recklessly, Whether this woman likes it or not, tha scar at the son's face will be a source of sorrow for her all the days of her life kill your pikin cus of Mama Iyabo soup wey be half water half oil, no fish no meat little chicken kpomo
lol
Posted: at 24-05-2013 07:56 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
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