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How Mother Of 4 And Her Neighbour Tortured Maid With Hot Iron And Cables

How Mother Of 4 And Her Neighbour Tortured Maid With Hot Iron And Cables

A Lagos based Alhaja identified as Fatima Williams and her neighbor, Waliu Yusuf have been arrested by the police for allegedly torturing a 16-year-old girl, identified as Kemi Leona, with a hot iron and electric cables, leaving her with deep cuts and scars.

Punch  gathered that Kemi, the tortured maid who was brought from Cotonou, Benin Republic to serve as a maid was reportedly living with Williams, popularly called Alhaja, a mother of four. She’s been living with Alhaja since January 2016 at her apartment at Soji Adepegba Close, Allen Avenue, Ikeja as a maid.

Speaking about the incident, Kemi who is currently on admission at the Police Cottage Hospital, Ikeja, said:

Kemi-Leona

“On that day, Alhaja instructed me to sweep the compound. She also asked me to clean the windows and wash some clothes.

“I started with the washing and she went out. When she returned, she was angry that I had not swept the compound. She called the man to beat me up.”

Narrating her own side of the story, Alhaja said she called Yusuf to beat the girl for being headstrong adding that Kemi’s stubbornness was too much and was causing her increased blood pressure.

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“The girl’s brother brought her to me on January 10, 2016. She usually stole things from the house. I kept reporting her to her brother and even asked him to come to pick her, but he refused; I got tired of the girl.

“She continued her rudeness and messed up the whole house. She also urinated on the bed. During all this trouble, my blood pressure got high. I had to use a BP machine in the house. I called and spoke to her like a child, but she would not listen. I usually gave her the food I ate. I gave her brother N40,000 in January.

“When she got me angry on that day, I was tired of beating her and I called Waliu (Yusuf). He was using an iron. As he beat her, she held his clothes and the iron injured her,” she said.

Yusuf, 25, on the other hand said he had wanted to scare the victim with the iron when it injured her.
“The girl went into the kitchen and brought an insecticide, threatening to kill herself. I then tried to take the substance away from her. She began to struggle with me. I started flogging her and she held on to my clothes.
“Meanwhile, I was ironing some clothes that time. I used the iron to scare her to leave my clothes. That was how the iron fell on her. I only wanted to scare her away.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters, Ikeja, said they would be charged to court at the end of investigation.
“This is a case of child trafficking, child labour and child abuse as well as assault occasioning harm. The suspects will be arraigned in a court of law.”
Photo credit: Tribune/Punch
View Comments (6)
  • What kind of wickedness is this? If the girl was giving you so much trouble why not send her away? Must you keep someone in your home even when its detrimental to your health? The government should start dealing with this kind of women terribly for others to learn.

  • Foolish excuse, if she don’t meet to your standard/requirement why not send he back. Both the madam & Yusuf should be punished

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