A nursing mother, Mrs Chinyere Ifesinachi, has been arrested by the Anambra State Government for allegedly inflicting gruesome injuries on her 8-year-old house help.
Mrs Ifesinachi was arrested in Nnewi on the orders of the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon. Ify Obinabo.
Ifesinachi’s house help, Idinmachukwu, was seen within the week on an errand for her madam.
She had heavily swollen eyes, with scars all over her body.
A resident of the community made a video of her injuries, and demanded justice for her. She stated in the video that she does not go to school, and has been subjected to inhuman treatment for every action of hers.
The young girl stated that she was brutalized by her madam for mistakenly dropping one of her madam’s twins, who she was taking care of.
A media aide to the Anambra State Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Children’s Welfare, Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, stated that upon her arrest, the abuser, Mrs Ifesinachi, claimed that her actions were the handiwork of the devil.
The 25-year-old mother of two was said to have begged that if freed, she would never engage in such behavior.
The 8-year-old house help was said to be her sister’s daughter, who was given to her in March this year, to assist her in taking care of her twins after she complained that she could not cope with house chores since putting to bed.
Ikeanyionwu quoted commissioner Obinabo as saying that the woman has been handed over to the police for investigation, and that she will be charged to court afterwards.