Nairaland Forum

A 29-year old woman, Mrs. Grace Jacob, has been arrested for battering her 10-year-old son, Emmanuel, and forcing him to sleep in the staircase of their home at night.

If not that a non-government organisation, Esther Child Foundation, came to the rescue of little Emmanuel, he might have been dead by now as he now nurses severe injuries inflicted on him.

Mrs. Jacob, 29, who lives at 4, Muhammed Street, Santos, Egbeda area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, gave birth to Victor when she was 19 years old.

She had the boy for her lover, Mr. Paul Emmanuel who had since left her. She is now married to a new husband and has a child for him.

It was gathered that Victor was severely beaten by his mother at the slightest provocation, which led to deep injuries and cuts all over the boy’s body. The boy’s face is swollen with deep cuts on his cheeks.

According to Mrs. Esther Ogwu, the founder of Esther Child Foundation, she received a call from a resident in Egbeda to come quickly to rescue a boy who was being abused and tortured in the most dehumanising way by his mother.

“When we came, we met Victor in the staircase and that is where he sleeps. When I saw the wounds on his body, I couldn’t stand it and we had to arrest the woman and bring the boy to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to take up the issue,” she explained.

She said that the woman beat her son severely because his new husband had told her he did not want to see the boy and that she should do something about the situation if she wanted him to stay with her.

Ogwu alleged that the woman’s intention was to kill the boy so that she would keep her new husband, adding that the boy needed urgent treatment and attention so that he would not die from the wounds inflicted on him.

“We rescued him because we don’t know the next action that may lead to the boy’s death. The boy does not even attend school,” she added.

At the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, where the woman and her son were taken to, staff of the ministry were in shock when they saw the deep wounds on Victor’s body and could not believe that his mother could treat him like that.They described her as a wicked woman.

A top official of the ministry, who craved anonymity because she is not authorised to speak with pressmen, said the first thing the government would do was to write a letter to the management of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, to urgently admit the boy and treat him so that he would not die.

When asked if Victor was truly her son, Mrs. Jacob said yes, saying that she regretted her action, admitting that she was guilty of beating her son in such a deadly manner.

She was in tears but her tears did not move officials of the WAPA ministry who were angry at the way the boy was maltreated by her.

According to Jacob, she gave birth to Victor when she was not yet married and that Victor’s father used to beat and throw her out of the house on several occasions, which was why she left him.

Mrs. Jacob, who hails from Akwa Ibom State, said when Victor was brought to her from the village and that when she remembered the way her former lover treated her, she unleashed her anger on her son.

“Anytime he did something wrong, I vent the anger of what his father did to me by beating him. I was angry about the manner I was beaten by my former husband,” she said, adding that her new husband had left for South Africa because he did not want to see the boy again.

When asked, little Victor, who managed to speak in Pidgin English said his mother used to beat him with cable when he did something wrong.
However, the state government is considering prosecuting the mother under the child rights law, while Victor would be taken to one of the state’s rehabilitation homes for adequate care.

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This woman is a devil.

BIG EVIL, big one

Oh my goodness @ the photos!!! This innocent child! Chei! . I'm glad the resident called the Foundation. This's beyond child abuse, more like torture. Glad he's out of that home. She shouldn't get away with this and should be charged with child abuse and neglect. This would also serve as an example to others that abuse of any kind would not be tolerated with children!  . Aww, poor little guy . Hope he's well taken care of and loved now.

this is just disgraceful - so because of man you want to kill your own son, man that will leave you tomorrow is what you are willing to kill a child you carried for 9 months - SMH at some women.

this is beyond child abuse - this boy is mentally, emotionally and physically abused and i don't doubt he is being neglected and starved - look at the bones sticking out - chei, next thing will be to label the child witch.

This is just crazy, did she give birth to the child at all? how on earth would she beat up her flesh n blood without feeling the pain herself. She is evil,

This is why people should be pro choice especially when it comes to mentally challenged people deciding whether to have babies.

She is a certified lunatic! A mother?? She can't be!

ronkebp:

This is just crazy, did she give birth to the child at all? how on earth would she beat up her flesh n blood without feeling the pain herself. She is evil,

Thats my argument in support of abotion, Wouldnt it have been better to abort the child than torture an innocent child to be born

But our religious crowd would come out with sticks

Imagine if obama's stepfather had been like the so-called husband of this woman.

What a pity.

dayokanu:

Thats my argument in support of abotion, Wouldnt it have been better to abort the child than torture an innocent child to be born

But our religious crowd would come out with sticks

I agree!

UMMM SO YEAH sumtimes like this, i have to support abortion, but there is condom, use it if u dnt want kids

but why is it that we nigerians are religion fanatics anyways, and still with everything, we can torture children to death, all in the name of spare the rod, spoil the child
these kind of children will run away from home, and torture the society, cuz they are not well taken care of

Chi, my body use to look worst than that after every beat. .


Ok, this needs to stop now, look how tiny the child is. .oh my, I was thinking the beats I got helped shaped the way I am now but seems like I have forgotten how bad it was. .

This is child abuse straight!!!

Donlittle:

but why is it that we nigerians are religion fanatics anyways, and still with everything, we can torture children to death, all in the name of spare the rod, spoil the child
these kind of children will run away from home, and torture the society, cuz they are not well taken care of

^^Read about the child witches of Nigeria and you would see that abortion should be legalized in Nigeria

@ the ones going on and on about religion.

What's your point and how does it relate to the thread.

Did the parties involved say they didnt use a condom because of religion?

they are not talking bout religion, they are just saying, if we want abortion to be legalized, religion wont let it to be legalized

child abuse. These are the kind of people that would get arrested in the USA. Unfortunately, in Nigeria, most parents get away scott free under the guise of 'not sparing the rod." Fashola, take a note of this. For those who disapproved of Fashola's new law against corporal punishment in school, what are your thoughts on this?

This woman has to be whipped a couple of hundred times everyday for a few years !!!

What of d new husband people, nobody has questioned his role in dis.Behind every devilish woman deres an insane man.Mayb dey both felt he's d 'witch' of dere misfortunes,being from akwa ibom,were all kids are presumed witches until Confessed by death!

@ donlittle


and has child abuse been reduced in countries where abortion is legal?

Kindly stop derailing the thread. If you need to abort all your potential children then nobody is stopping you.

No punishment is too much for this woman. She needs to have the other child taken from her and her current husband should be arrested for seeing this crime and not reporting it. She is a savage beast. I cannot even imagine. Look at that poor childs eyes. I really hope this does not leave emotional scars for the rest of his life. E no go better for this woman. Stupi.d cow. Look how she even posed for the picture. Honestly this woman shouldnot be allowed around children.

Just looked at these pictures again. This is attempted murder biko. What the heck. This woman is crazy for real. There are old scars and then newer ones. This child has been tortured over a period of time. Poor baby

Any man (or woman) who can encourage a partner to maltreat his or her own children, is capable of any evil under the sun, imo.

Now, having said that, the woman herself must have serious mental issues. Likewise the deadbeat father of the boy as well.

Such a pity.

Lord have mercy.

Evil woman!

what a cute little boy why would anyone do that to a child?

Hope he is taken away from her and looked after. Hope her husband leaves her after beating the hell out of her

I would love to punch her lights out, That poor child is scarred for life, it will take him a long time to heal,

I still marvel at how the human mind works? I shudder to think of an adult being beaten like that how much more a small boy and one you gave birth to yourself? chei, o ga o. That woman is unfit to raise a child. She is border line psychotic.

xxcarolxx:

I would love to punch her lights out, That poor child is scarred for life, it will take him a long time to heal,

The phsyical scarring is small, what of the psychological? if that boy grew up in that atmosphere, what manner of heinous creature do yu think he would have become?
maybe like one of these mofos
http://blackwales.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=16:they-then-forced-an-axe-into-their-victims-private-parts&Itemid=147

It's possible that those animals were high on drugswhen they did those horrible things to those poor woman. This particular woman though is a whole different kind of animal