A 16-year-old girl identified as Bimpe Badmus is currently in pain from
the injuries she sustained following an attack by her aunt. Bimpe’s aunt
burnt her with a hot pressing iron, for allegedly having sexual affair
with their landlady’s son.
The incident occurred on Ogunjirin Street, Ketu area of Lagos.
11112015/08/31/woman-burns-niece-with-hot-iron-for-having-sex-with-landladys-son-in-lagos/”>Dailypost reports 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.”
The
landlady’s son’s elder sister, Tope Abimbola, said: “Even before they
were taken to the police station, she was in pain. I thought she was
going to die. I quickly went to a nearby pharmacy to get an ointment to
relief her of the pain. It is really painful. She has been admitted at
the General Hospital, Ikeja and she is responding to treatment.”
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.