- Safiu Kehinde
A 31-year-old mother, Abigail Oluwarotimi, has been arrested by the Edo Police Command after burning her 15-year-old male house help’s genitals over alleged molestation of her children.
This was disclosed in a post shared on the Command’s official X handle on Monday.
According to the post, Abigail, who was arrested by operatives of Uromi Police Division, had alleged inflicted burn injuries on the laps and genitals of the 15-year-old house help identified as Jude Joseph using hot metal object.
In reaction to the incident, the state Police Commissioner, Umoru Ozigi, ordered the transfer of the case to the State CID for thorough investigation.
The post partly read; “Operatives of the Uromi Division had arrested 31yr old Abigail Oluwarotimi for violent assault on her house help, 15yr old Jude Joseph.
“She used a hot metal object to inflict burn injuries on his laps and genitals, on allegation that he molested her children.
“Miffed by this development, the Commissioner of Police, CP Umoru P. Ozigi psc, mnips has ordered the transfer of the case to the State CID for thorough investigation.”