Mother hacks seven-year-old for raping sister, neigbour’s daughter

Firstclass newsline learnt that a seven-year-old boy, identified
simply as Promise, has been stabbed by her mother with broken bottles
for allegedly defiling his two-year-old step-sister and the daughter
of a neighbour.
The incident happened on Monday on Tunde Olusola Street, in the
Ijaiye-Ojokoro area of Lagos.
The mother, Mrs. Blessing Fred, was said to have gone out with her
daughter on Sunday, leaving Promise behind.
It was learnt that while the mother was away, Promise went to visit
five-year-old Yemi (pseudonym) ─ the neighbour's daughter ─ at her
parents' apartment. He was said to have met Yemi alone and took her to
his mother's room.
On getting to the room, he reportedly told her to remove her clothes
and lie down. It was said that he slept on top of the girl and fiddled
with her private parts.
Firstclass newsline learnt that Yemi's mother had left her with her
sister, who was said to have left home when the incident happened.
Firstclass newsline learnt that Yemi narrated what transpired between
her and Promise to her mother when she came back.
Residents approached by a source on Wednesday declined to speak, but a
neighbour, who did not want her name in print because of the
sensitivity of the matter, told a source that Yemi's mother invited
Promise to her apartment and verified the story in the presence of her
daughter.
She said, "Initially, he denied. But when the woman assured him that
she would not tell his mother, he opened up and said it was true. He
said he had been doing it with his step-sister too. The woman later
reported Promise to his mother and he confessed to her as well."
"She first beat him with a stick on Monday for the offence. But all of
a sudden, she smashed a bottle and stabbed him in the back."
A resident, Bose Komolafe, said Fred had been arrested by the police
from the Ijaiye-Ojokoro Police Division, while Promise had been
admitted to a hospital in the area.
She said, "Some neighbours rushed to rescue the child from her. He is
on admission at a hospital. Whatever the child might have done wrong,
such a move was too harsh."
Yemi's mother's apartment was locked when a source checked for
comments on the incident.
A source inquired about the matter from a police woman at the
complaint desk of the police station, but she said she did not have
the details.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu,
confirmed the incident.
He said, "Fred stabbed her son on the back for allegedly touching the
vagina of his two-year-old sister. She has been apprehended. The
victim is currently receiving treatment at a hospital. The neighbour's
daughter case was not reported to us."
Firstclassnewsline.net