Woman inserts hot knife and pepper in the vagina of 5-year-old babysitter

The Justice, Development and Peace Commission in Ekiti has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria to step in to ensure that a woman who allegedly i

Esther Agbundu got infuriated to see her niece eat a spoonful of the food she was feeding to the child, and coldheartedly sprayed pepper on her niece’s private parts, after beating her mercilessly.

The petitioners narrated in their petition that she "inserted pepper in her private parts” and “further put a knife in the fire and inserted the hot knife in the victim's private part, and equally impressed the hot knife on the outer part of her private part. Still not satisfied, she was beaten mercilessly and urged not to cry aloud."

The incident happened on November 26.

The Justice, Development and Peace Commission further backed the petition up by a claim that "The Elejelu of Ijelu-Ekiti confirmed the report and further informed us that he has notified the Divisional Police Officer of Ilupeju-Ekiti of the incident and the latter sent officers to arrest the respondent a day after the incident was reported at the palace.

"The monarch confirmed also that the victim was at the night of the incident rushed to the Ijelu-Ekiti health centre for medical care."

Director of JDPI said "we took further step of visiting the health centre for verification and questioning" and both the hospital and relatives of the girl confirmed the incident.

The JDPI also alleged that there have been incidents "of frequent inhuman and degrading treatments," meted out to the little girl as "we took a closer look at the victim to confirm the incidence of maltreatment, child abuse and molestation."

It has also expressed displeasure about the fact that the perpetrator "was released barely few hours after her arrest and boastfully roams the streets of Ijelu-Ekiti freely and in peace as if nothing happened while the victim is neither able to walk nor sit well and still groans in much pains and discomfort."

It described the incidence as a "case of inhuman treatment, gross disregard to human life, which constitute a flagrant abuse of her human rights as enshrined in Chapter 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 199, as amended."

The petitioners therefore called on the NHRC to intervene by "ensuring that the respondent is brought to book to serve as deterrent to whoever still engages in acts of inhuman and degrading treatment of others, especially children."

Woman inserts hot knife and pepper in the vagina of 5-year-old babysitter

The Justice, Development and Peace Commission in Ekiti has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria to step in to ensure that a woman who allegedly i

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