Anambra First Lady, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has condemned the violent abuse of a child maid by her guardian at G.R.A, Onitsha.
She condemned the viral video which contained a girl of about nine to ten years who appeared in the video with gory iron-stamp burns all over her body, allegedly inflicted on her by her guardian, one Bar Mrs Adachukwu Okafor now at large.
The alleged culprit, now at large, was said to be living with the maid at her Akpaka, 33 G.R.A, Onitsha residence, and got enraged when the maid, who was bathing her boy child allegedly touched the child’s penis.
A Witness, who pleaded anonymity said, “It was then that Mrs Okafor, said to be a legal practitioner and a pastor in a local church, used everything within her reach, including a charged laundry iron, to feast on the maid”.
“She was shouting on top of her vioce, while manhandling the child that she is a lawyer; nothing will happen to her”, the witness said.
Immediately after directing the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare,to take custody of the child and begin immediate treatment on her wounds and also conduct tests to ascertain if she sustained internal injuries, Mrs Soludo described the guardian’s act as barbaric, and heinous and vowed to ensure that justice is served.
The First Lady expressed deep sadness about the current condition of the girl and called on anyone who had information on how to get hold of the fleeing guardian to open up as a matter of conscience and right reasons.
