The police in Lagos have arrested a woman, Esther Bello, for allegedly
brutalising her 13-year-old househelp, identified simply as Titi, in the
Obanikoro area of Lagos.
Bello, a trader, allegedly hid the girl in a room and told policemen from the Pedro division, who were alerted by the neighbours, that the maid had travelled to Ikorodu area with a friend.
However, Punch correspondent who got to the area at about 10am, observed how Titi, who had a bleeding hand, was rescued by policemen from the room where she had been locked up.
It was learnt that on Thursday at about 1am, the maid, who was said to be from Cotonou, Benin Repubic, ran out of the house on Akinsanmi Street, Obanikoro Estate, with a bleeding hand to meet neighbours and explain her plight.
It was gathered that the neighbours, who later saw Bello, inquired why she allegedly cut her maid with a broken dish. Bello was said to have shunned the neighbours, after which the girl returned to the house.
At about 7am, the neighbours went back to the house to check on Titi only to discover that the maid’s injury had not been treated, and had been given more domestic works to do.
The angry neighbours were said to have reported the matter at the Pedro Police Division, which then came to Bello’s house.
Bello was said to have told the officers that the maid was no longer with her, and had gone with a friend to Igbogbo area, Ikorodu.
After the police returned with a search warrant, they combed the house before the maid was found bleeding in one of the rooms in the house.
Bello was thereafter arrested, while the maid was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Bello, a trader, allegedly hid the girl in a room and told policemen from the Pedro division, who were alerted by the neighbours, that the maid had travelled to Ikorodu area with a friend.
However, Punch correspondent who got to the area at about 10am, observed how Titi, who had a bleeding hand, was rescued by policemen from the room where she had been locked up.
It was learnt that on Thursday at about 1am, the maid, who was said to be from Cotonou, Benin Repubic, ran out of the house on Akinsanmi Street, Obanikoro Estate, with a bleeding hand to meet neighbours and explain her plight.
It was gathered that the neighbours, who later saw Bello, inquired why she allegedly cut her maid with a broken dish. Bello was said to have shunned the neighbours, after which the girl returned to the house.
At about 7am, the neighbours went back to the house to check on Titi only to discover that the maid’s injury had not been treated, and had been given more domestic works to do.
The angry neighbours were said to have reported the matter at the Pedro Police Division, which then came to Bello’s house.
Bello was said to have told the officers that the maid was no longer with her, and had gone with a friend to Igbogbo area, Ikorodu.
After the police returned with a search warrant, they combed the house before the maid was found bleeding in one of the rooms in the house.
Bello was thereafter arrested, while the maid was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
