Woman arrested in Lagos for maltreating her eight-year-old nephew after accusing him of being a wizard

 A 45-year-old woman has been arrested in Lagos for the alleged abuse of her eight-year-old nephew who she accused of being a wizard.

Briefing newsmen on Tuesday, in Ikeja, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, described the act as “a case of man’s inhumanity to man."

“This is a case of man’s inhumanity to man reported by one Chinonye Iyonetu, eight-years-old, against one Charity Iyonetu of Animal Kingdom, close to Seme Border, Lagos. The complainant alleged that the suspect is the elder sister to his father," the CP said.

“That sometime in 2016, the suspect came to their village, Agbaai, Nkota LGA of Imo State and brought him to Lagos after his mother abandoned him and left to an unknown place. He claimed that the suspect always maltreat him, accusing him of being a wizard. However, the ordeal of the little boy came to the fore when on May 9, at about 9am, the suspect use horse whip a.k.a Koboko, to flog the complainant, inflicting injuries all over his body,"

“She thereafter locked him in her one room apartment with his two hands tied behind his back and left to her shop. The complainant was crying and shouting for help which made one Peter Aluku to call the Police. When the police team arrived, they broke the door of the house and rescued the child” he added.

Imohimi said that the suspect would be charged to the Special and Sexual Offences Court once investigation was concluded.