Mrs. Monica Momodu, a 39-year old pregnant woman has been arrested by the police after allegedly pressing a hot iron on her housemaid’s skin.
According to The Punch, the housemaid, Sara Egbadon who is a Junior Secondary School 2 pupil, was brought from Supenu-Irua, Edo state, and had been living with the woman for five years on Abiodun Adesida Street, Oke Afa in Lagos.
It was reported that the 13-year old house help was dozing while ironing the clothes of her madam’s children. This angered the pregnant woman who felt her children’s clothes might get burnt and immediately snatched the hot iron and pressed it on her thigh.
The teenager admitted that she was dosing while ironing the clothes but said she was tired because she had washed the boss’ children’s clothes and had fanned the woman when there was power outage.
The burnt was discovered by the victim’s teacher who reported the case to the police.
The girl said:“My mum divorced my dad about six years ago and she is now in Benin. She left my three siblings and I with him. When he could not take care of us, he gave me to madam who is our relative.”
“On Sunday, she said it was stuffy and told me to fan her. When the electricity was restored, she told me to iron her children’s clothes. I was sleepy while ironing the clothes. She said I wanted to burn the clothes, collected the iron and placed it on my hand and thigh.
“Her husband is not aware of the way she treats me. He lives in Abuja and comes home once in a while. Whenever we travel home, she is kind to me in the presence of my father. I want to go back home.”
However, Momodu said the housemaid injured herself with the iron out of fear when she chided her for dosing.
She said: “She was sleeping and I asked her how she could be sleeping while ironing. It was that shock that led to all this. I did not know she informed her teacher. The iron fell on her. I did not do it. I did not tell her to fan me.”
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