The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old woman for allegedly maltreating her 8-year-old nephew on allegations of being a wizard.
LIB reports that while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Ikeja, Lagos state, the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, described the act as “a case of man’s inhumanity to man.”
“This is a case of man’s inhumanity to man reported by one Chinonye Iyonetu, eight-years-old, against one Charity Iyonetu of Animal Kingdom, close to Seme Border, Lagos. The complainant alleged that the suspect is the elder sister to his father.
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“That sometime in 2016, the suspect came to their village, Agbaai, Nkota LGA of Imo State and brought him to Lagos after his mother abandoned him and left to an unknown place. He claimed that the suspect always maltreats him, accusing him of being a wizard.
“However, the ordeal of the little boy came to the fore when on May 9, at about 9 am, the suspect use horse whip a.k.a Koboko, to flog the complainant, inflicting injuries all over his body.”
“She thereafter locked him in her one-room apartment with his two hands tied behind his back and left to her shop. The complainant was crying and shouting for help which made one Peter Aluku to call the Police. When the police team arrived, they broke the door of the house and rescued the child” he added.
According to Imohimi, the suspect will be charged to the Special and Sexual Offences Court once the ongoing investigation is concluded.
