Sapele: Mother Pours Boiling Water On 7-Year-Old Daughter Over Refusal To Wash Plates

By Joe Aminah

Child abuse took another ugly dimension in the early hours of today Monday morning 7.35am 22nd May 2023 at Otomewo by Oduduru road when a young mother uncontrollably poured steaming hot water on her daughter aged 7.

The wailing of the child who ran out into the street of Oduduru street attracted residents of the area who came with palliative domestic treatment to lessen the agony of the girl with scalds from the burn.

While residents were openly condemning the wicked act by the mother of two who seemed unperturbed by her cruel act on her daughter, some sympathisers made efforts to contact the father, a commercial rider on the situation in his home.

The girl, said to be stubborn in carrying out domestic duties, received the harsh treatment from her mother following her refusal to wash dirty dishes before attending school.

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When accosted by aggrieved sympathisers about the incident, the accused mother who refused to follow the cry of her injured child said she did not consider the gravity of her action while the he father, who later came back from his transportation business was seen not in any sorry mood for his agonising daughter.

Some neighbors and relatives of the young family said the brutal attack of the mother deserved police and human rights attention, having contracted the law enforcement agents and social media, Sapele Tafia on the incident.

Oduduru street attracted attention six years ago when a pastor’s son butchered a fellow member of his father’s church in their home at Oduduru street, Sapele.

The 15 years son of a church pastor who was later remanded at the Sapele Remand Home awaiting adulthood for prosecution had allegedly murdered the 15 years old girl on the promise of #15.000 for the job by suspected ritualists.

However, there seems to be a truncation of the judicial prosecution of the Oduduru killing following what was adduced as a jail break at the Sapele Remand Home with escape of several inmates including the detained son of the pastor.