Forty-year-old Ronke Olayinka, a petty trader and mother of three kids, has been arrested for inflicting blade cuts on her nephew’s hands.
Although she told New Telegraph correspondent that she has three kids, neighbours said that she had up to seven children from different fathers.
Narrating her own vision of the story, Olayinka said that her brother’s son, Abdullahi Taoreed, was very stubborn and she wanted him to change
“I’m a struggling widow. I have three kids. One is 15, the second is 12 and the third is 10. I’m a trader. I leave home in the morning and come back at night. Whenever I return, neighbours usually complain about Abdullahi; how he usually goes to different places to eat.
“Sometimes, he would go with his friends to a place called Agbele-Kale to swim. He’s just stubborn and doesn’t listen! He’s my brother’s son. I’ve been taking care of since he was a baby,” she said.
Recalling the fateful Sunday and the horrible incident, the woman confessed that she didn’t expect that the cuts would be so deep.
“He usually goes to parties to eat. He was behaving like someone who doesn’t have parents or like someone who has no home training. When I returned on Saturday, neighbours said I should warn him.
“On Sunday, he went out again. Food was ready, but he was nowhere to be seen. I was angry.
I used the blade on his two hands. I never knew it would be that bad!”
When asked why she used a blade instead of a cane on the boy, Olayinka explained:
“Anytime I want to beat him, he would run away, forcing me to chase him. But what happened that day was the work of the devil. Yes, I poured pepper on the wounds. I only wanted to make him to be a good boy.”
It was gathered that neighbours of the family reported the cruel act to the police and Olayinka was arrested. The wounded boy had been rushed to a nearby hospital by policemen from Oke-Odo police station.
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Although she told New Telegraph correspondent that she has three kids, neighbours said that she had up to seven children from different fathers.
Narrating her own vision of the story, Olayinka said that her brother’s son, Abdullahi Taoreed, was very stubborn and she wanted him to change
“I’m a struggling widow. I have three kids. One is 15, the second is 12 and the third is 10. I’m a trader. I leave home in the morning and come back at night. Whenever I return, neighbours usually complain about Abdullahi; how he usually goes to different places to eat.
“Sometimes, he would go with his friends to a place called Agbele-Kale to swim. He’s just stubborn and doesn’t listen! He’s my brother’s son. I’ve been taking care of since he was a baby,” she said.
Recalling the fateful Sunday and the horrible incident, the woman confessed that she didn’t expect that the cuts would be so deep.
“He usually goes to parties to eat. He was behaving like someone who doesn’t have parents or like someone who has no home training. When I returned on Saturday, neighbours said I should warn him.
“On Sunday, he went out again. Food was ready, but he was nowhere to be seen. I was angry.
I used the blade on his two hands. I never knew it would be that bad!”
When asked why she used a blade instead of a cane on the boy, Olayinka explained:
“Anytime I want to beat him, he would run away, forcing me to chase him. But what happened that day was the work of the devil. Yes, I poured pepper on the wounds. I only wanted to make him to be a good boy.”
It was gathered that neighbours of the family reported the cruel act to the police and Olayinka was arrested. The wounded boy had been rushed to a nearby hospital by policemen from Oke-Odo police station.
After the 10-year-old boy had been released from the hospital, he narrated his ordeal:
“Yes, it was my mummy who inflicted blade cuts on my hands because I went to a party opposite our house to eat. There was no food at home. I was hungry, so I assisted the people holding the party to carry chairs. I knew that if I assisted them, they would give me food. They gave me food. My sister went to report to my mummy.
“My mummy used wood to hit me on the head. We went for evening prayer. After the prayer, my mummy called me and started cutting my hands with a blade. She went out to buy the blade. The cut was deep. She poured pepper into the wounds. She then gave me a hot pot of beans to carry to the kitchen with the bloodied hands. One of our neighbours, a woman, saw me and took the pot from me.
“She went and told everyone in the compound. People saw my hands and started crying. It’s not every time my mummy gives me food. She uses a piece of wood to beat me, but uses canes on her kids.”
Monday Agbonika, the divisional police officer, confirmed the incident and added that Olayinka would be charged to court. Acccording to him, her case will serve as deterrent to other women who abuse children under their care.READ MORE: http://www.naij.com/461565-woman-cuts-her-nephews-hands-with-blade.html
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