Child abuse: mother burns daughter with hot pressing iron over N250

A 30 year old mother, Ayo Sheriff is currently been interrogated by the Police for burning the upper and lower right limbs of her 16 year old daughter, Aishat Sheriff with a hot pressing iron.

Ayo was alleged to have inflicted the injuries on the teenager over spending N250 kept in her trust by her boss.

It was gathered that the victim who is a student of a secondary school and also a part time student nurse in auxiliary capacity, was given the sum of N500 by her boss with an instruction to hand N200 to someone on her way home.

She was also instructed to use N50 as transport fare and return the balance of N250 to her boss the next day.

However, on the day she was supposed to return the balance of the money to her boss, the victim defaulted.

She lied to her boss that the money was with her mother. The boss called her mother on the phone and she denied knowledge of the money.

The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti who confirmed the case said when the victim returned home from work, her mother who was already waiting for her, plugged an electric iron.

He said, ” She waited until it was red hot. At this stage, she used the red hot iron to welcome her daughter home, accusing her of being a disgrace to the family.”

Oti disclosed that the case was reported to the police by one Chosen Child Orphanage Home, located at Gastya Estate, Ijora-Badia .

According to the Spokesperson, ” The Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal was miffed at the sight of the horrible wounds inflicted on a child by her mother.

” He therefore called on parents to correct their children in love. He said the rate at which cases of domestic violence is increasing is now a source of concern to the Command.”

It was also learnt that the Gender Section of the Command, headed by SP(Mrs) Adejoke Cole, had concluded investigation into the case and would charge the suspect to Ikeja Magistrate Court tomorrow 30th April, 2018.

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Source dailytimes