A 12-year old girl, Precious Nwali was reportedly battered by her
\nmistress for allegedly stealing her N26,000 at Nzekwe Street, near
\nAkwata meat market in Awka, Anambra state.<\/p>\n
The victim, from Ebonyi state, was allegedly stripped naked and red
\npepper applied on her private part by the mistress, Mrs Charity Effiong
\nwho later drove her away from the house around 10.30pm.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that the victim, a primary four pupil was later found by
\na good Samaritan while wandering and crying along the market.<\/p>\n
Narrating her ordeal, the victim, who sustained series of marks on her
\nbody, said she had severally suffered maltreatment in the hands of her
\nmistress.<\/p>\n
“She always flogs me with cable wire. She has her own children but she
\nhardly beats them nor sends them to any errand,” she wept soberly.<\/p>\n
Also speaking, the woman that picked her up, Mrs. Amaka Okoye, said it
\ntook her about thirty minutes to wash off the grounded pepper in her
\nprivate part.<\/p>\n
On his part, Pastor Effiong Inyang, who linked her up with the mistress,
\nsaid the victim’s parents requested she stayed with her following the
\nfamily’s predicament.
\nHe said, “All her siblings are being given out because her parents are
\nstruggling to survive due to the condition of the family.<\/p>\n
“The father has been under severe pain having sustained injuries after
\nseveral falls from the palm tree.”<\/p>\n
He said he had already contacted the victim’s parents who had requested
\nshe be brought back to them.<\/p>\n
Reacting, the Secretary, Anambra State Child Protection Network, Lady
\nHope Okoye, described the action as a total violation to the state child
\nright act of 2004.<\/p>\n
“Stuffing Cameroon pepper in the girl’s private part is another level of
\nabuse which has psychological, physical and emotional consequences.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know why this should be swept under the carpet for a woman to
\nafford to do this inhumane treatment on the little child,” she noted.<\/p>\n
The Nation, however, learnt from police source that the suspect had been
\ndetained on the order of the DPO in charge of the Central Police
\nStation, Awka.<\/p>\n
“It was not long after the matter was reported in the police station
\nthat the madam appeared, claiming the housemaid was abducted,” the
\nsource added.<\/p>\n
The Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident, but
\nsaid the suspect denied applying pepper in the victim’s private part.<\/p>\n
He said she claimed that the victim stole the sum of N26,000 from her
\nhouse, adding that she removed her undies in the course of searching for
\nthe money.<\/p>\n
He said, “She said the girl stole her N26,000 which led her to remove
\nher pant so she can see whether she hid the money inside her pant.”<\/p>\n
Mohammed said the case was being investigated.<\/p>\n
A 12-year old girl, Precious Nwali was reportedly battered by her mistress for allegedly stealing her N26,000 at Nzekwe Street, near Akwata meat market in Awka, Anambra state. The victim,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n