A 16-year-old girl identified as
Bimpe Badmus is currently in pain from the injuries she sustained
following an attack by her aunt.
The incident
which occurred on Ogunjirin Street, Ketu area of Lagos saw Bimpe’s aunt
burning her with a hot pressing iron, for allegedly having s*xual affair
with their landlady’s son.
It was learnt that
Bimpe’s aunt asked her friends, Khadijah and Iya Daniel to help hold her
hands and legs before burning her with the hot iron on several parts of
her body.
A neighbour while reacting to the incident disclosed that the victim was severely beaten and chased out of the house.
The eyewitness said,
“They all live in the same compound. It was Khadijah that told Bimpe’s
aunt that she was sleeping with the landlady’s son. Khadijah brought the
hot iron from her room and gave it to Miss Badmus’ aunt while she and
Iya Daniel held her neck. It was when they chased her out that the
neighbours rescued her.
“The annoying thing is
that it is not as if these married women are clean. I don’t know why
they did that to her. It was when residents couldn’t stand the horrible
situation that they took them to Ketu police.”
Also
reacting to the incident, one Fatai, who claimed to be the girl’s
brother affirmed, “When I got to the police station to see Bimpe, I was
sad because the sight was horrible. My sister was writhing in pain and
when I asked the Divisional Police Officer to release her for treatment,
he refused. I asked the aunt if she was under a spell to have gone this
far because it won’t stop her from having an affair. This is cruel.”
Bimpe
however denied the allegation saying, “He has never slept with me. I am
really in pain. I can’t even go home because I don’t know what will
happen. While they tortured me, they kept asking so many questions. I
pray God heals me fast.”
Confirming the incident,
the Lagos State Police Spokesperson, DSP Patricia Amadin, said all the
women involved in the assault have been apprehended and would be charged
to court soon.
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