The Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, in collaboration with the state police command, has arrested one Chinyere Ifesinachi for allegedly torturing her house help, identified as Idinmachukwu, with pestle and cane.
A viral video has been circulating on the social media since Friday showing the little girl’s swollen eyes together with injuries sustained on all the parts of her body as a result of the beating.
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Confirming the arrest to journalists on Saturday, the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, said the culprit was arrested on Friday and the case transferred to the State Criminal and Investigation Department of the Police Command, Awka where it would be charged to court.
The culprit, Ifesinachi, a 25-year-old from the Alor community, pleaded with the commissioner to forgive her as her “actions were orchestrated by the devil.”.
She accepted using both cane and pestle to beat her house girl to a pulp, saying that the reason for beating her was because the house girl threw her child to the ground.
Obinabo assured the victim of her safety, telling her she would not be returning to the culprit’s house after she was taken to the hospital for medical examination.
While appreciating those who raised the alarm that attracted her attention to the incident, Obinabo warned that anyone caught abusing any child in the state must face the consequences.
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