26-year old Blessing Uche, has allegedly poured
hot water on a six-year-old girl’s private part at
Aboru, Alimosho area of Lagos State. She also
slashed her face with blade.

The woman’s reason for her brutality reports say
was because the girl let her baby fall off her
hand.

According to reports, the woman asked the girl
to boil water which she poured on her private
part as punishment, causing severe burns on the
girl.

Uche had claimed that when she returned from
Iyana Ipaja, she discovered that her baby fell
while she was away and decided to punish the
little girl.

A neighbour was said to have reported the
matter to Esther Child Rights Foundation, ECRF,
a non-governmental organization, campaigning
against child abuse.

The little girl was rescued by the foundation on
Saturday and taken to the Gowon Estate Police
Station and had been under the care of the
police station since then, while the woman was
arrested and detained and would be arraigned in
court any time from now.

The girl was not taken to the hospital after hot
water was poured on her. Rather, she was taken
to a medicine store for attention.
A police source, who opted for anonymity,
described the act as wicked, saying that the
woman would be arraigned at the Ojokoro
Magistrate’s Court.

Speaking to newsmen, Director, ECRF, Mrs.
Esther Ogwu said that when she got to the
woman’s one room apartment, she was
disgusted to see the girl in pains and unkempt,
saying that “I wept when I saw her; it is the
height of wickedness.

“It is terrible; I can’t believe somebody can do
such a thing to a child, let alone the daughter of
her senior sister. I cried the first day I saw the
girl.”

Ogwu also blamed the parents of the girl for
releasing her at such a tender age to stay with a
relation, saying if she had her way, the parents
should be detained to serve as deterrent to
others.

She also alleged that after pouring hot water on
the girl, Uche used blade to slash her face,
describing the act as cruel and that such a
woman should not be allowed to go free.
Ogwu stated that the woman and her husband
had been begging since the incident occurred
but insisted that they must be punished for the
offence so as to deter others from doing the
same thing.

“We will surely charge her to court for pouring
hot water on the little girl staying with her and
for using razor blade to slash her face,” she said..

Sey when I advocate for jungle justice some people will want to quench. This Blessing Uche should be dragged to the city gate and stoned. She doesnt deserve to be called human being!

Odunnu: Sey when I advocate for jungle justice some people will want to quench. This Blessing Uche should be dragged to the city gate and stoned. She doesnt deserve to be called human being!

Seeing this pics gives me d bumps....

Odunnu: Sey when I advocate for jungle justice some people will want to quench. This Blessing Uche should be dragged to the city gate and stoned. She doesnt deserve to be called human being!

Seeing this pics gives me d bumps....