Delta State Police have apprehended an unidentified couple for brutalizing their 10-year-old housemaid.
According to a post made by human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, on Facebook, the couple assaulted their maid for eating in a neighbor’s house.
He explained that the couple had left the maid to starve and the girl had proceeded to eat from her neighbor which did not sit well with her employers.
He wrote; “The rate of violence against children is increasing by the day in Delta State. Another case of a 10 year old who was employed as a maid was beaten for eating in a neighbor’s house.
“Same child they left to starvation ate at a neighbor’s house to avoid dying of hunger , husband and wife brutally assaulted her mercilessly.
“The husband and Wife are now detained in B Divisional Headquarters Asaba police for assault occasioning harm”
Meanwhile, a 28-year-old man, Bello Ahmed has confessed to kidnapping his fiancee, Hannah Queen at Apo Estate in Abuja so as to raise money for their traditional marriage.
The suspect allegedly conspired alongside Ibrahim Mohammed, 30; Bilyamiyu Mohammed, 30; and Uche Daniel 34 to abduct his lover on March 26, 2022.
The victim who is a lawyer and daughter of a diplomat met the suspect in Dubai, United Arab Emirate. Read more
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