The police in Lagos have arrested a
woman, Esther Bello, for allegedly brutalising her 13-year-old
househelp, identified simply as Titi, in the Obanikoro area of Lagos.
Our correspondent gathered that Bello, a
trader, allegedly hid the girl in a room and told policemen from the
Pedro division, who were alerted by the neighbours, that the maid had
travelled to Ikorodu area with a friend.
However, our correspondent who got to
the area at about 10am, observed how Titi, who had a bleeding hand, was
rescued by policemen from the room where she had been locked up.
It was learnt that on Thursday at about
1am, the maid, who was said to be from Cotonou, Benin Repubic, ran out
of the house on Akinsanmi Street, Obanikoro Estate, with a bleeding hand
to meet neighbours and explain her plight.
It was gathered that the neighbours, who
later saw Bello, inquired why she allegedly cut her maid with a broken
dish. Bello was said to have shunned the neighbours, after which the
girl returned to the house.
Our
correspondent learnt that at about 7am, the neighbours went back to the
house to check on Titi only to discover that the maid’s injury had not
been treated, and had been given more domestic works to do.
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