Mother burns step-son’s buttock with hot pressing iron in Kogi

A woman identified as Elizabeth Abu, has been arrested by the Kogi state government for inflicting physical harm to her stepson.

The suspect, Elizabeth Abu was apprehended by the government for using an electric iron on her stepson, David Matthew Ewongolu’s buttocks because the young child used a part of her cloth to make a duster.

The Kogi State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development Hajia Fatima Kabir Buba confirmed the incident as she promised to follow the case to a logical conclusion.

According to Buba, she promised to ensure to get justice for young David Mathew Ewongolu in the court of law.

Buba condemned the action of the suspect and stated that she confessed to the crime, saying “she did not intend to inflict such pain on the boy”.

In her words.

“The Ministry of Women Affairs will continue to collaborate with the Nigeria Police, alongside its legal team, to get justice for the abused victim. This is pure wickedness. How can a woman burn her fellow human being with hot electric iron?

“Even though the boy is not her biological son, that does not give her that right to display such wickedness on the boy. We will follow this case to a logical conclusion and ensure we will get justice for young David Mathew Ewongolu in the court of law. The law of the land must take its course.”

She further that the boy, David is currently receiving treatment at the Kogi State Specialist Hospital Lokoja.