For misplacing his trousers, a nursing wife sets her husband’s 10-Year-Old brother ablaze in Ikorodu
What is this world turning into? Because he isn’t your son, should
that warrant you to end his life? What a world!
Chimobi, a ten-year-old had been taken into custody by The Lagos
State government after his brother’s wife, Gift Igwe, allegedly set him ablaze
at their home on Adenugba Street, Agunfoye, Ikorodu.
PUNCH reported
that the offence of the Ishielu, Ebonyi State indigene, was that he misplaced
his trousers and could not produce them when Gift demanded them from him.
Residents of
the community, who heard the cry of the victim, put out the fire, during which
he reportedly passed out.
Chimobi was
subsequently rushed to the Ikorodu General Hospital, Ikorodu.
Policemen from
the Igbogbo division were said to have arrested the suspect.
Officials of
the Office of the Public Defender, who had been monitoring the treatment of
Chimobi, took him into custody.
A source
divulged that the child was brought to Lagos in 2016 by the brother to start
living with his family.
He said since
then, Gift had been abusing Chimobi, adding that matter came to a head when she
set him ablaze that Wednesday.
He said, “He is the younger brother of the man, who is a security
guard in a firm. He was not enrolled in any school after he was brought from
the village. The brother wanted him to be assisting the wife, who had a baby
about a year ago, with house chores and other things.
“The woman has
been abusing him for some time now. There are marks of past floggings on his
body. He also has sores.
“People in the community could no longer keep quiet when the last
incident happened on Wednesday, September 6. She poured kerosene on the boy and
lit him with a matchstick.”
Chimobi, said
on Saturday, said he had some education before he was brought to Lagos from
Ebonyi.
He explained
that his brother and his wife had refused to enrol him in a school since he
started living with them.
“I misplaced my
trousers and ‘mummy’ (sister-in-law) poured kerosene on me and used a
matchstick to light fire. People came to help me. I have not been going to
school since they brought me from the village,” he said.
The Police
Public Relations Officer, Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the incident.
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