Woman Peels Off 8-Year-Old Nephew’s Back Over N50 Groundnut

A woman has been arrested after she allegedly burnt the skin off her eight-year-old nephew's back with an electric
iron because he ate the N50 groundnut she left in the house.

According to reports gathered, the incident happened at Anantigha, Calabar South on Sunday, August 16, when the woman came back from church service only to discover that the boy had eaten the N50 groundnut she left.

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After questioning the boy, she plugged an electric iron and used it to burn his back and buttocks, and then starved him.

It was also gathered that it was not the first time she was meting out such punishment on the boy since he started living with her about three years ago. Old scars were still very visible on his burnt fingers.

Speaking with newsmen on Monday, the Principal Counsel, Basic Rights Initiative, James Ibor Esq., said they received a call from Girl Power Initiative, GPI, about a lady who had been assaulting her nephew with hot iron, burning stove and other hot objects.

Here's what he said;
“From what the boy has told us, which is also very visible, he has been tortured and traumatised, and the boy is in serious pains. From here we are taking him to a medical facility where he can get adequate care.

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“We have written to the Police and the state Ministry of Humanities and Social Welfare to enable us take good care of him in our own shelter home, because we cannot allow the child to go back to the aunty again.

“We have also invited the father, because the mother is late. Further actions can be taken as he and two of his siblings live with the said aunty.

“It is unfortunate that this kind of dastardly act and injury can be inflicted on a child. Even if he ate the groundnut, there is no justification for this kind of wickedness.”