By Evelyn Usman and Uju Mbanusi

A middle aged woman simply identified as madam Agnes is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID Panti, for allegedly beating an 11-year-old child that was staying with her to death.

The deceased identified as Angelina, was reportedly taken from her parents in far away Ogoja, Cross River state by Agnes, with a promise to send her to school, when she was barely four years old. Angelina, grew up callingher guardian mother, apparently unaware she was not her biological mother.

But things as gathered, fell apart for late Angelina after she turned 6, as she was reportedly made to carry out overwhelming house chores. Initial rebuff of such attitude from madam Rose who crime Alert learnt is related to Angelina’s mother, by neighbour was reportedly greeted with an outburst.

The dehumanising treatment on Angelina reached its peak last Friday, as she was reportedly beaten to death by her madam, for failure to carry out chores as instructed.

Investigation by Crime Alert revealed that on that fateful day, at about 5pm, Madam Agnes returned home screaming at the little girl whom neighbours said was not feeling too well. Madam Agnes reportAedly dragged Angelina into her apartment located on 75 Barracks lllane, Ajegunle and started beating her. The helpless girl was said to have shoutedfor help. But none was forth coming. Then, all of a sudden she seized crying.

Neighbours later became apprehensive after they sighted madam Agnes rush out of her room to a medicine store opposite the building. She reportedly came back with a nurse who went inside with her and rushed out again to get something.

At this point, a neighbour told Crime Alert during a visit at the building yesterday that “ we suspected all was not well. When the nursecame out , we asked what the problem was and she told us that Angelina had fainted. We all rushed inside, only to behold Angelina’s lifeless body on the ground.

On further observation, we discovered a pestleby the side with blood stain and we concluded she could have used it on Angelina”.

Another neighbour who also spoke on condition of anonymity said, “ We are not surprised at Angelina’s demise because madam Agnes had always threatened. At the slightest provocation, she would beat her withany object at her disposal. At times she would smash bottle on her head and at other times, she would use a stool on her. At a point we got angry but there was nothing we could do to alert Angelina’s biological parents”.

Asked why none of them bothered to report the abuse on Angelina to the Police, another neighbour replied, “ Police? You want madam Agnes to fight you? Even if you attempt to rescue Angelina from her grip whenever she was being beaten, Agnes would fight you and ask if you were her relative.

At a point, she resorted to locking the doors whenever she wanted to beat the girl, in orderto prevent anyone from
coming to her rescue”.

Everyone who spoke with Crime Alert described the late Angelina as a dutiful girl who never complained while carrying out any of the house chores. At times she reportedly missed schools in order to finish the chores before the arrival of her guardian. Most times neighbours said she would be made to finish the chores before taking her first meal either at noon or evening.
“Saturdays were the most hectic for the little girl as she would be made to wash her guardians clothes and those of her two grownchildren”.

polokor60: Majority of Nigerian women are worst than the devil's incernate with their wickedness when it involves the children of their relatives or children that are not their biological offsprings.



I recall how our former neighbour would increase the volume of her radio set whenever she intend to inflict some serious injuries on her step children over trivial issues all in the name of discipline.She always turn a blind eye to her incorrigible children who were the sploit/mischevious brats.



Some of her actions include cutting the step children bodies with razor blazes and applying grinded pepper to fresh wounds of the children(even the best dancers of the world would become learners when they were dancing to the tunes of grinded pepper and razor blazes).Funny enough you ll assume the children were dancing to the loud music emanating from their flat.


If i begin dey yarn all the wickedness of most Nigerian madams then we go know say devil na learner for where dem dey.But na dem dey sing and dance pass everybody for church on sunday ooo.What happened to this child has being happening for ages,i'm not surprise(R.I.P young child).Bunch of heartless creatures.

Efemena_xy: ^^
her parents nko? Are they any better than the she-devil they sold their 4 year old daughter to??

Efemena_xy:

Sweet Jesus!

Where the frigging hell was her husband while all of this was happening? And even if he wasn't home when the evil acts were being perpetuated against his kids, did he not see the marks on them when he got home??

And for crying out loud! Where was their biological mother??!!

polokor60: The husband was an offshore worker(2 weeks in and 2 weeks out).The step children were well chartered for by the step mum whenever their dad was around but when he is off,DEAR LORD HAVE MERCY.(sometimes she ll lock them out of their home.They ll ve to sleep on the passage/entrance of the house or she ll tell them to sleep on the bare floor of the bathroom/toilet all through the night to serve as a punishment.The biological mother?Maybe that ll be a script for the next edition of super story.I can't reveal much info you know say na nairaland be dis.


This na just one story oo,dem plenty ooo but i ll spare you guys the horror being perpetuated by most nigerian madams who have other children living with them.

Abu Mikey: Make dem beat her to Death too nau!!!!








How can You even beat your maid to death sef??
Some peaople are just too silly wicked, heartless, devilish and plain stupíd

yellowpawpaw: We need mental overhaul seriously. Its so annoying. can we ever learn?

Efemena_xy:

No. Never.

Not with a village mentality and superstitious thinking overshadowing some folk's mentality.

I bet you, those parents were 'advised' to get rid of the child as na she be the winch tying down dem progress. How else can one explain giving out a 4 year old baby into servitude? I said "baby", because at that age, they're still in nursery, barely out of nappies for goodness sake!

Chai!! This story pain me eh, I nor go lie...

chaircover: Vicious circle . . .soja beat police . .police beat man . . man beats wife . . .wife beats housemaid

very aggressive, barbaric and brutal society. Even when they talk to you, they shout.

The neighbors did bad. They could have done something even if its making an anonymous report.