A 27-year-old woman, Joy Amodu, has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s court, for allegedly torturing her 10-year-old cousin, Foziya Danguma, for bedwetting. The defendant, who was a security guard, had tortured the victim by hitting her with a spatula, before inserting ‘Aboniki’ balm (methyl salicylate ointment) in her eyes and private part.
Danguma was said to have passed out when she could no longer bear it. Amodu was arraigned on Thursday on one count of causing grievous bodily harm. The charge reads, “That you, Joy Amodu, on February 24, 2014, at 30, Badore Street, Lagos Island, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did cause grievous bodily harm to one Foziya Danguma, aged 10 years, by hitting her with a wooden object and applying ‘Aboniki balms’ on her eyes and private part, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
She pleaded not guilty and elected summary trial. The magistrate, Ms S.O. Solebo, admitted her to bail in the sum of N50,000 with a surety in like sum. The matter was adjourned till 25 April, 2014.
Hmm, we are watching with keen interest!