Police Arrest Woman For Inserting Hot Object Into Private Part Of 10 Yrs Bedwetting Girl

The police Tuesday paraded a 27-year-old woman, Joy Amodu, for allegedly inflicting grievous injuries on a 10-year-old girl for bedwetting.

The victim had told the police that the suspect beat her up and inserted hot ointment in her private part.

Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the suspect, who claimed to work with a private security company in Lagos, beat up the victim and inflicted injuries on her.

She said: "On February 29, the police at Onikan Division got information that a little girl was in one hospital in a critical condition. The officers went there and found the victim with her face and hands swollen as a result of beating.

"The victim was later referred to the Military Hospital, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi for better treatment as the previous hospital she was taken to rejected her due to her condition.

"An NGO, the Hands that Cares, was also invited into the case by a good Nigerian. The NGO took over the case and settled the hospital bills, while calling for prosecution of the suspect.

"The state CID, Panti-Yaba had investigated the case and the suspect would be charged to court. The legal department of the State CID would advise us on the offence she would be charged with."

The National Coordinator of the Hands that Cares, Mrs. Jacinta Nworie, said the suspect is a younger sister to the victim’s father, who brought her from Kogi State to Lagos with a promise to train her.

She said: "The condition we met the girl in the hospital was so bad. The victim told us that the suspect allegedly beat her, inserted hot ointment in her private part and used stick on her body.

"We met a man who claimed to be her father pleading that the suspect should be released as it is a family matter, but we are not so sure he is the father, so we will release her if he can provide evidence of his relationship with the girl."

The suspect admitted to the charges, but said she never meant to inflict the injuries on the girl, adding that she was angry with her for bedwetting.