Police Arrest Woman Who Burnt Maid’s Buttocks With Hot Water

The Police Command in Plateau State, on Thursday in Jos, confirmed the arrest and detention of a female suspect, for allegedly torturing and killing her maid, a minor identified as Margaret Joshua.

The command’s spokesperson, Alfred Alabo who confirmed the arrest said investigation was ongoing and the suspect would soon be charged to court.

The suspect, a microbiologist in one of the research institutes in Vom, and a resident of K-Vom, Jos South Local Government Area, was said to have allegedly immersed the minor in hot water until her buttocks were severely burnt.

Investigation revealed that Joshua, who hails from Kebbi State, and fleeing from insecurity in her community, was brought into Jos by a supposed helper, but took her to serve as a maid in the suspect’s home.

The suspect, a mother of two, had promised to enroll the victim in school, but did not do so, rather, indulged in daily beating of the girl until it resulted in her death.

It was gathered that after the recent beating, the little girl was forced to sit in a container filled with hot water which severely burnt her buttocks and private part.

Meanwhile Mrs Grace Pam, Plateau State coordinator of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), whose office was following up on the case, said  based on the scars and wounds on the girls body, her guardians must have subjected her to series of torture during the period she stayed with them.