By Ikeugonna Eleke
A 38-year old woman, Amarachukwu Happiness Nzekwe, who used a hot pressing iron on the back of her house help, has said that she only did it to discipline the child.
The woman who identified herself as a nurse from Ezinifite, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, said the house help stole her money.
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, is because of this boy. I just had a surgery and I came back home and found money missing. I didn’t plug the iron to electric, I just placed it on a stove to discipline him.’
The victim was identified as her nephew and aged only 13 years old. It was gathered that she also locked 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.
