A business woman, Mercy
Segun, 42, was on Wednesday arraigned at a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja
for allegedly beating her daughter and pouring pepper into her sex organ.
Segun, who resides at
Idu Gbagyi, Karmo, is facing a three-count charge of criminal force, assault
and causing hurt to a minor.
The Prosecutor, Mrs
Florence Auhioboh, told court that the defendant’s neighbour, one Gift Afegua,
reported the matter at the Karmo Police Station on Aug. 22.
She alleged that Segun,
knowing her daughter to be a minor, ill-treated her by pouring grinded pepper
into the girl’s sex organ.
Auhioboh told the court
that the defendant’s action caused the minor serious pain.
The prosecutor said that
the offences contravened Sections 246, 265 and 238 and of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however,
denied the charges.
The Judge, Alhaji
Abubakar Sadiq, granted Segun bail in the sum of N30, 000 with a surety in like
sum.
He ordered that the
surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and adjourned the case until
Sept. 25 for hearing.
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It is completely incomprehensible to me how a mother can commit such atrocities in relation to her child, because this contradicts common sense and normal emotions.
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