A
woman whose wicked act has shocked people from far and wide, is being
made to pay for her evil ways after scalding a little boy.
The victim
A woman identified as Uduak Monday, has been sent to prison.
The woman was remanded in Afokang Prison by a Magistrate’s Court in
Calabar, Cross River State, for pouring hot water on a 10-year-old
houseboy, Okon Nse.
According to Punch Metro, the 29-year-old woman allegedly poured hot water on the victim’s face in an attempt to wake him up.
The incident, which caused severe burns and injuries on the child’s face and arm, happened at about 5.30am on November 24.
A neighbour to the accused, Mr. Emmanuel Agan, had, on the said
date, noticed the injuries on the child’s body and immediately reported
to Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, a frontline child rights
organisation in Calabar.
The organisation immediately swung into action by documenting the
matter and arrested the perpetrator with the help of the Airport
Division of the Nigeria Police in Calabar.
Upon rescue, the 10-year-old boy, who hails from Uruan in Akwa Ibom
State, had told officials of the Basic Rights Counsel Initiative that
he was a pupil of PCN Primary School in Akim, Calabar, until September
when he stopped going to school after he was asked to repeat primary
three.
Southern City News reports that the accused woman was a food vendor along Etta Agbor Road in Calabar.
The boy said the woman poured hot water on him when she discovered
that he did not wake up on time to carry out his domestic duties.
During the court sitting last Thursday, the magistrate, whose name
could not be immediately ascertained, turned down Uduak Monday’s bail
application and remanded her in prison until the next adjourned date of
December 9.
Legal practitioner and child rights activist with Basic Rights
Counsel, Mr. James Ibor, said his organisation had provided medical care
for Nse and also written to the Ministry of Sustainable Development and
Social Welfare to seek temporary accommodation for the child.
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