Ms Betty Ifeoma,a staff of NNPC Lagos who was accused of locking up her maid indoors to travel abroad has reported herself to the police, and is currently undergoing interrogation at the Human Rights section of Lagos State Police Command.
This was days after Imohimi Edgal, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, led a team of policemen to rescue the 13-year-old girl identified as Nkechi Oseh, of No. 30 Adeniran Ajao Estate Anthony,
According to the Lagos State police P.R.O, Chike Oti, the suspect would be charged to court on Monday 27/11/2017.
Ifeoma, allegedly is in the habit of locking her maid up for weeks anytime she is travelling within or out of the country, leaving her with only two packets of cabin biscuit.
After the maid, Nkechi who was looking pale and malnourished, was rescued she disclosed she is an orphan and whenever her boss travels and locks her in, she resorts to drinking water from the toilet whenever she is thirsty.
It was observed that Nkechi had been subjected to series of domestic attacks as scars were seen all over her body.
She said she has been locked up four different times, since her uncle brought her from Igboju in Delta state.
In her words: “I have been locked up for two weeks, one-week, three-weeks when she traveled to London and since she traveled on Saturday. I have been crying before God helped me today.”.
An empty packet of biscuits and a container of eaten food which was passed through the burglary proof for Nkechi to eat was discovered on the floor. She is currently under the care of the Child Protection Unit of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development.
