A 38-year-old woman, Amarachukwu Happiness Nzekwe, has been arrested for using a hot iron on the back of her house help.
The woman who identified herself as a nurse from Ezinifitte, Aguata Local Government Area said the house help stole her money, and that she did it it to discipline him.
She explained that she placed a pressing iron on a stove and used it to scald the child’s back after he refused to confess to stealing.
Mrs Nzekwe made the confession after officials of the Anambra State Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare Anambra State led by the commissioner, Hon. Ify Obinabo arrested her.
She told the commissioner that: “All the suffering I have been going through because of this boy. I just had surgery, and I came back home and found money missing. I didn’t plug the iron to electric, I just placed it on stove to discipline him.”
The victim was identified as her nephew and aged only 13 year old. It was gathered that she also locks the boy up at home without food most times.
Obinabo vowed that she must be prosecuted, explaining that such ungodly attitude would not be allowed in Anambra State, especially under Prof Chukwuma Soludo as governor.
The suspect was later handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
David-Chyddy Eleke
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