Woman docked for pouring hot water on maid

For allegedly pouring hot water on her maid, a woman is in police net. She was arrested by policemen from Area M in Idimu, a Lagos subsurb, on November 8.


It was gathered that Angela Uzoma, 28, poured boiling water on Chidinma because she did not sell all the paw-paw she was given to hawk.

In a petition to the police, the victim’s lawyer, Ese James Omokaro, said when she learnt of the matter she reported it to the Human Trafficking Department of the Police at Area G in Ogba Ikeja, Lagos and was directed to Area M, the jurisdiction which covers Orisunbare, where the incident occured.

Omokaro said: “On the 14 November, the law firm of Alex Scott & Partners, received an anonymous telephone call from the United Kingdom, wherein, the caller informed the office of a case of grievous bodily harm caused to a minor by her supposed guardian, generally referred to as Mama Chikamso. The caller craved our indulgence to intercede in this matter and directed a person in Nigeria to furnish us with the details of the incident.

“The basis of this petition is to ensure that Chidinma gets justice in her own country. It is unconscionable to note that for one week nobody, including friends, family members and neighbuors of Mama Chikamso who were privy to this incident invited the police to this case. Instead, at the time the Police arrived the scene, one of the neighbors (a young lady) had the nerves to challenge the Police, uttering profanity and insisting that the incident was a private family matter which in any way does not warrant the interferance of the Police.

“Inflicting such a delibrate and gruesome injury on a child knowing full well its antecedent consequences is nothing short of barbaric callousness on the part of Mama Chikamso and a desperate display of man’s inhumanity to man. The rate of unreported child abuse in Nigeria has reached a worrisome level; that is why people like mama Chikamso must not be allowed to parade the streets of Lagos freely without paying the price of her actions. We urge that she be arrested and tried for assault occasioning harm on a minor, among other charges to serve as a deterrent to others”.

Uzoma has been charged to the Ejigbo Chief Magistrate’s Court where she pleaded not guilty and was granted N50,000 bail. She is being held at Kirikiri Women’s prison until she meets the bail conditions.