Wickedness continued to rain in the heart of men.
Woman who frequently starved her maid, finally did the worst by bathing her with hot water for licking her own baby milk.
The said house maid was just 8 years old identify as Chiamaka Oha.
Omokoshaban learn that the innocent girl is currently battling for her life at the General Hospital, Uga, Anambra State, after she was allegedly bathed with hot water by her employer, Ogochukwu Anichukwu.
Omokoshaban gathered that the 8 years old victim, is from Ugwueme community in the Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, but she lived with her employer and the husband at their house at Nanka community, in the Orumba North LGA of Anambra State.
The wicked act of pouring hot water on the innocent girl that took place on the 25th of September 2020, didn’t end their, the woman went ahead to lock the girl inside room to prevent people seeing the wound she sustain from the attack.
Luck runout of the woman and her husband when a neighbour pay Anichukwu a visit, on reaching the woman house, she saw the maid’s condition, she quickly report the case to a non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Legal Aid Initiative.
It was the NGO that rush to where the victim is staying and rushed her to medical facility in the area.
Another NOG, known as Awgu Egbeleli Socio-Cultural Development and Unity Forum, intervene and transferred the victim to a general hospital.
A member of the forum, Chidi Okoh, who spoke to newsmen on the incident said the group get to know about the incident through the social media.
He said, “When we saw a video of the girl on social media, we were moved with compassion, and we sent one of our members, Chief Sunday Nwankwo, who resides in Onitsha, to investigate the incident. When he got there, he was shocked at the inhuman act meted out to the victim by the woman and her husband.
“Chief Nwankwo settled the medical bill at the initial private hospital where the victim was taken to for resuscitation and moved her to the general hospital.
“We learnt that the girl’s offence was that she licked the milk meant for her (Anichukwu’s) baby. She poured hot water on her and locked her inside so that neighbours won’t see her in that state.
“The neighbours confirmed to have seen the girl eating sand on several occasions because of starvation. When we asked the woman why she poured hot water on the victim, she said she was bathing her baby and didn’t know when the hot water poured on her; her husband admitted to beating and inflicting injuries on her.”
The Ekwuloba Zonal Coordinator of Human Rights Legal Aid Initiative, Akaneme Chijioke, who condemned the attack, noted that the victim was in pains when the group rescued her.
He said, “There were sores all over her body. The woman used a hard object to beat her and damaged her fingernails. Her face and mouth are filled with injuries.
“The girl looked frail, hungry, malnourished and traumatised and when we asked the woman what happened, she said she mistakenly poured hot water on her. When we took the child aside to interrogate her, she said the woman was always beating her and that she never licked any milk. She also said she ate sand sometimes to stay alive. We then went back to the woman to find out why they had not taken the girl to hospital; she said they did not have money.”
Our correspondent learnt that the matter was reported at the Uga Area Command and the couple had been arrested.
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