WOMAN IN POLICE NET OVER ALLEGED MALTREATMENT OF MAID

WOMAN IN POLICE NET OVER ALLEGED MALTREATMENT OF MAID

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Chapter, and the Girl Child Foundation, an NGO, have taken up the case of a little girl named Ngozi Uba, who was seriously battered by her madam, Mrs. Chioma Obi, for allegedly cutting her children’s fingernails without accounting for where she kept the nails.

Narrating the story to reporters, a source said, “Mrs Chioma Obi, who lives in Ago Palace way Okota, Lagos, took the little girl as a house help and has been maltreating and beating her at every opportunity.



“On this recent occasion, she complained that Ngozi cut her children’s fingernails and branded her a witch, after which she inflicted deep cut injuries on her body, leaving her in pains and agony. The poor girl still carried the wounds to school.



“It was at her school, Kingdom of God School, No. 7/9 Community Road, Ago Palace way Okota, that the fact of her ordeal was brought to the attention of the proprietor of the school, who immediately reported the case to the police. Mrs Chioma was then arrested.

“Even at the police station, Mrs Chioma, who apparently did not realize the gravity of what she did, was unrepentant and showed no remorse over her actions. It was her husband Mr Chidozie Obi, who claimed to have returned recently from Cotonou that was pleading with the police to forgive his wife and release the child back to him. He also made an undertaken to ensure that his wife does not beat the girl again.



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“However, things took a twist when the fact of the above incident was brought to the knowledge of FIDA Lagos, and the Girl Child Foundation. They immediately swung into action, refusing the whole arrangement with the police and insisting that Mrs Chioma must be charged to court and prosecuted. FIDA and the NGO also demanded the immediate release of the child to the NGO to enable them take her to a safe shelter.”



According to the spokesperson of FIDA Lagos, the injuries are so grievous that they cannot risk allowing the woman take back the child.

They have vowed to make sure that she is charged to court and “we would pursue the case until justice is gotten for little girl Chioma.”