16 days after Williams Esther, bathed her neighbor,Mrs. Mabel Enwongomfon–Umoh with a bucket of hot water during a minor argument,she has blamed the devil for her wicked act .
Esther, a househelp before her action landed her in police custody, before her arraignment, saying even though she knew the hot water could
inflict severe injury on her neighbour, she did it out of anger.
“I’m sorry. I was pushed by the devil to do it. I wish I didn’t do it. After I did it, people were beating me before I was arrested. I feel bad. I’m sorry. Everybody in the house makes trouble, not only me,” she said.
While Esther had since been remanded in police custody until she
satisfies the bail conditions imposed by the court; a bail of N500,000
and two sureties in like sum among other conditions, and the matter
adjourned till March 9, 2016, Mabel, who has been bedridden since the
incident happened, says she has missed breastfeeding her baby.
“Sometimes, I would see milk coming out of my breasts, which was a sign that my baby was crying but there was nothing I could do,”
She said her baby had been feeding on formula.She recalled that her
first child could not stand what had become of her face and body the
first time she and the two-month-old baby visited her in the hospital.
“She ran away and refused to come inside until they went back home, but she has now got used to it,” she said.
When our correspondent visited Mabel during the week, even though
she had been discharged, she was still unable to go home owing to unpaid
medical bill. Thus, she remained the hospital’s guest.
Source: Punch
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