21-year-old woman, Rebecca Bassey, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly beating her husband’s three-year-old niece, Deborah Bassey, to death.

According to police authorities, the suspect beat up the girl because she vomited and defecated on herself.


A police source told PUNCH Metro on Thursday that the incident occurred at Ijaiye Ojokoro area of the state on July 22, 2013.

He said, “The victim (Deborah) lost her mother in 2010. Early this year, Deborah’s father was evicted from his home and he decided to send Deborah and his second child to go and stay with his brother, Vincent, until he settles down.

“Deborah and her nine-year-old sister were living with Vincent and his wife, Rebecca, in a one-room apartment at Powerline, Jankara, Ijaiye Ojokoro. However, Rebecca was always maltreating the two children.”

According to police investigations, on the day of the incident, Deborah woke up around 5.30am with a high temperature.

The three-year-old girl was said to have started vomiting and defecating soon after. This was said to have angered Rebecca, who instead of administering treatment to the child, decided to beat her up.

A police source said, “In the process of beating the girl, the suspect pushed her and she fell, hitting her head against the edge of a wooden chair in the room.”

PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim started to bleed from the head. Some neighbours rushed her to Ahmadiyya Hospital, where she was referred to Orile Agege General Hospital where she later died.
A woman leader in the area, Kudirat Ogunseyi, was said to have reported the matter to Ijaye Ojokoro Police Division after which the suspect was arrested.

Some neighbours, in their statements at the police station, described the suspect as a hot-tempered woman, who was fond of beating the children.

“The way that woman beats up the children was very worrying to the extent that the landlord had threatened to evict them,” one of the statements reads.

Vincent told the police that he was not present when his wife beat his niece to death.

“I was not at home when the incident happened. I am a photographer during daytime but I work as a vigilante group member. So I hardly sleep at home,” he said.


The suspect however said she did not kill the victim deliberately. She said she only pushed Deborah and she hit her head against the chair.

“I am a housewife and I have a 10-month-old baby. I did not mean to kill her (Deborah). I only pushed her because she vomited and defecated on the floor. I was only trying to correct her. It was not deliberate. I am a mother too and I know how I would feel if my son was killed,” she said.

It was learnt that the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba.
A source at the SCID said the police were waiting for autopsy. He added that if other wounds were found on other parts of the victim’s body, it would prove that the victim was indeed tortured before her death.

When contacted on the telephone, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said she would call back.

punch.ng.com

Smh women should take care of their kids for goodness sakes and stop leaving them in the care of relatives,jeez

“I am a housewife and I have a
10-month-old baby. I did not
mean to kill her (Deborah). I
only pushed her because she
vomited and defecated on the
floor. I was only trying to
correct her. It was not
deliberate. I am a mother too
and I know how I would feel if
my son was killed,” she said.

SMH for the woman!

Pushed a 3year old gurl for vomiting and defaecating on the floor as a result of sickeness to correct the innocent gurl!

How come she had never wounded let alone killing her own 10months old baby cos it will be innumerable how many times the baby would have defaecated on her?

This is a murder case not man slaughter!

So sad !

People like these deserve lynching, not petty thieves. She should be skinned alive.

SMH for the human race.

Feminists said women are never violent in nature... It's only the male folks.. So change the topic to someone beats a little girl to death... Shame on them.. The bad ones not the sweet ones

Poor girl

make she carry her cross den.. na d poor girl i dey pity sha.

From the story above, I think she's a wicked woman, let her face the music

RIP to the dead.

Evil witch!

eyaa..21yrs old beat ha niece.
Dias no love lyk dat of mother and child...guess if d mother was ard this wudnt av happen...


D gal dn fvck up big time...wetin make dm do ha?

kulyie: Smh women should take care of their kids for goodness sakes and stop leaving them in the care of relatives,jeez

Obviously you didn't read the part that said the mom is no longer alive?..

He said, “The victim (Deborah) lost her mother in 2010.

So sad.let her face the wrath.

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kulyie: Smh women should take care of their kids for goodness sakes and stop leaving them in the care of relatives,jeez

go bac and read d story again..."He said, “The victim (Deborah) lost her mother in 2010."

@topic....really sad story

I trust Nigerian prisons .
u will face d wrath of prisoners (men) in there for many years without any woman care-sin... there joystick.
enjoy d position u've kept urself.

kulyie: Smh women should take care of their kids for goodness sakes and stop leaving them in the care of relatives,jeez

donkey didnt u see where it was written dat d girl's mum is Late?

Wicked jezebel Q̸̮̮̃f her time,is dat H̶̲̥̅̊ợ̣̣̝̇̇̇w̶̲̥̅̊ 2 correct a child Q̸̮̮̃f dat age?...she must face the̶̲̥̅̊ consequence according 2 the̶̲̥̅̊ law...rubbish

murimoney: I trust Nigerian prisons .
u will face d wrath of prisoners (men) in there for many years without any woman care-sin... there joystick.
enjoy d position u've kept urself.

LITTLE DEBO RIP..................NEVER CEASE TO CRY OUT LIKE THAT OF ABEL

AB$I:
donkey didnt u see where it was written dat d girl's mum is Late?

No she didn't read the passage... If it was a male that commited the same offence, she'd have read it from begining to the end..

Pls, sentence her to death ASAP. An eye for an eye. .a tooth for a tooth.
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RIP lil girl.

accordin to d statement by d nabors, dey ve sent d woman to death by hanging.. Just cut off d life of d young promising child.

kulyie: Smh women should take care of their kids for goodness sakes and stop leaving them in the care of relatives,jeez

kulyie: Smh women should take care of their kids for goodness sakes and stop leaving them in the care of relatives,jeez

kulyie: Smh women should take care of their kids for goodness sakes and stop leaving them in the care of relatives,jeez

Mr man, try to read a tread before comenting, alright, 'cos from all indications u just posted the trash without first reading. smh 4 u!

In Obadiah's voice DAYUM

Whats happening in dis Naija sef?
D alarming increasing rate of domestic homicide is worrying-
wife stabbed hubby to death,
father kills child for monet ritual,
man murders mistress,
son punches fada to death etc
infact one needs to drink vodka b4 coming online now. So so bad news

Dat jezebel should face d law squarely.

A day before yesterday it was a woman set ablaze a girl for bin hungry,2day its anoda woman beating a girl 2 death for bin sick. What is Nigeria turning into?

AB$I:
donkey didnt u see where it was written dat d girl's mum is Late?

lmao...dats kinda harsh tho...guess he's one of those lil kids out there wantin to b d 1st to comment