The spokesperson for the police in Lagos, DSP Ngozi Braide,  said they have arrested a 27-year-old woman for allegedly inflicting injuries on a 10-year-old girl over an alleged bed-wetting.

Braide said this on Tuesday in her office while parading the suspect before newsmen, stressing that the offence was allegedly committed on Feb. 29.

She said that the suspect, who claimed to work with a private security company in Lagos allegedly beat up the victim with stick and inflicted different injuries on the body of the girl.

``On Feb. 29^th, police at Onikan Division got an information that a little girl was in one hospital in a critical condition. The officers went there and found the victim with her face and hands swollen as a result of beating.

``The victim was later referred to the Military Hospital, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi for better treatment as previous hospital taken her to rejected her due to her condition.

``An NGO, the Hands that Cares was also invited into the case by a good Nigerian. The NGO has taken over the case with a view to settle the hospital bills, while calling for prosecution of the suspect.

``The State CID, Panti-Yaba had investigated the case and the suspect will be charge to court. The legal department of the State CID would advise us on the offence she will be charge with.

``We are going to prosecute the case in collaboration with the NGO,’’ Braide said.

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the parade, the National Coordinator of the Hands that Cares, Mrs Jacinta Nworie said that the suspect was a younger sister to the victim’s father.

Nworie said that the suspect allegedly collected the girl from her father in Kogi State under the guise that she would train her in Lagos.

``The condition we met the girl in the hospital was so bad. The victim told us that the suspect allegedly beat her with tooth, inserted hot ointment into her private part and use stick on her body.

``We met a man who claimed to be her father pleading that the suspect should be release as it is a family matter, but we are not so sure he is the father.

``We will release the girl to him if he can provide evidence to his relationship with the girl,’’ Nworie said.

The suspect, who also spoke with NAN said that she never meant to inflict the injuries on the girl, stressing that she was angry with her for bed-wetting. (NAN)

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