A 29-year old woman, Lucy Samuel has
been arrested by the police for allegedly maltreating her stepdaughter, Joan
Samuel, 15, by slicing her buttock with a hot knife in Lagos state, Southwest,
Nigeria.
She was charged before Magistrate’s
court, Isolo with the alleged offence after she inflicted injury on the victim.
The incident happened at 14/16 Isheri Oshun road Bucknor in Ejigbo, Lagos.
On the day the incident happened,
Lucy
reportedly took her kitchen knife and put it inside a burning stove until it
turned red. Lucy then took off Joan’s cloth and used the knife and sliced her
bottom, stomach and laps.
The teenager lives with Lucy and her
father, Samuel after her mother was sent away shortly after Lucy married her
father.
Police sources said Lucy was not happy
Joan was staying with them because she believed that her presence was a threat
to her marriage.
we gathered that after she failed to
convince her husband to send her away, she started maltreating her. Her
unpleasant attitude towards the girl was noticed by neighbors who alerted the
police shortly after Lucy had cut Joan.
The woman was arrested and charged to
court with grievous harm under the Criminal Code. When she was arraigned, she
pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, granted her
bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
She was remanded in prison custody
pending when she fulfills her bail condition.
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