Photo: Wicked Mother Burns Daughter With Hot Iron For Licking Baby Food

A woman, identified simply as Mrs. Maxwell, has been arrested by the

police for allegedly assaulting her daughter, Blessing, with a hot

pressing iron.

Blessing, a primary three student of the Lagos Model Nursery and

Primary School, Ikeja GRA, was allegedly assaulted last Monday by her

mother for licking the baby's food.

A source within the school, who spoke on the condition of anonymity,

said, "It was last Friday that we got the anonymous call. At the time,

two of Blessing's younger siblings were in school, so we called them

aside and asked after Blessing.

"At first, they were both scared that they would get into trouble with

their mother if they told the truth but they eventually opened up and

said their mother had used a hot pressing iron on Blessing."

The Head Teacher of the school, accompanied by some other employees of

the school, was said to have visited Blessing at home.

It was learnt that on arriving at the Maxwells' house, Blessing was

seen sitting outside their flat, sporting burn marks all over her

body.

The source said, "We tried to question Blessing about what happened to

her, but she was scared of her mother. Eventually, we went into the

house and confronted the mother, but she lied that hot water had

mistakenly poured on Blessing.

"When we asked if Blessing had received medical attention for her

injuries, her mother got annoyed and dragged Blessing into the house.

She then refused to answer more questions. Since it was a police

barracks, we thought it wise to leave quietly before things got out of

hand.

"The most painful aspect of the whole issue is that despite Blessing's

wounds, their neighbor told us that she had been carrying out house

chores like before. From what I saw, that girl is so injured that I

didn't expect that she would be able to come to school for the rest of

the term. Not one of us guessed that she was being abused at home."



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