Woman bruises 7 year old girl for eating at a neighbor’s house

The woman who shared the story said she met the little girl named Chinecherem, aged 7, at Aguda Police station on Monday morning when she went to sort out an issue at the station. The girl had bruises on her stomach, back and ankle… a very big lump on the head and could barely turn her neck.

On enquiry, she was told her ‘madam’ inflicted the injuries on her for eating at a neighbor’s house around 1:00pm on Sunday.

Chinecherem who could only speak Igbo language said she was very hungry and her madam told her to finish washing up her son's clothes and tidy up the house before eating. In the course of washing the clothes, she felt dizzy and told a neighbor who took her into her house and gave her some food. "Madam" must have strolled out and noticed the girl’s absence from her duty post which resulted to the battering.
It was concerned neighbor’s that brought the girl and the madam to the police station. The woman is currently cooling off her heels in the cell.

Pictured left is Chinecherem at the police station. Left is the little girl at the hospital after she was given a clean shave as the result of the injuries she sustained on the head from her caretaker’s beating.

Chinecherem was brought to Lagos last year by her madam. Her father is dead and her mother resides in the village. She is yet to be enrolled into a school.