Update on woman who brutalized & cut her domestic help in Lagos over 'burning cooked beans'

LIB reported about a woman arrested by the Police in Lagos on Sunday after she allegedly brutalized her domestic help, cutting her hand with a saw in the process and forcing her to still continue with domestic chores. She was detained at Meiran Police Station, Alagbado and the Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Harassment Response Team were notified. (Read here).

It has now been revealed that the woman brutalized the underage girl for "breaking a plastic and burning cooked beans." She has been  identified as Mfoniso Udodoikpom, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State.

She picked the girl, 13-year-old Esther, from the village some years ago, after the demise of her parents and brought her to her Lagos for domestic duties.

The Lagos State Police PRO, Dolapo Badmus, also confirmed the arrest. According to her:

“Madam Mfoniso Udodoikpom from Akwa Ibom State assaulted Esther, the girl she picked from their state to Lagos since she was young. A neighbour reported at the station that the suspect used a saw blade to injure her maid for breaking a plastic and burning cooked beans.

“Effort is ongoing to partner Lagos State Government to keep the child, who said she is an orphan, in a shelter, while the suspect will be charged to court.”

This post first appeared on Linda Ikeji's Blog. Read the original story here.