Wickedness has taken a whole new level as an 8-year-old boy was allegedly scarred with hot iron by his aunt in Calabar because the little boy ate the ₦50 groundnut she left in the house.
Afriupdate learnt that the incident which is a gross abuse of human rights occurred at Anantigha, Calabar South, on Sunday, August 16, when the aunt returned from Sunday service to discover that the groundnut was gone.
According to report, the boy was questioned about the missing groundnut by his aunt before she later plugged in an electric iron and used it to burn his back and buttocks. The 8-year-old boy was also denied food after his aunt had used hot iron on him.
Further investigations revealed that the boy has been subjected to gross abuse since three years ago when he started living with his aunt owing to old scars on the boy’s burnt fingers.
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Addressing newsmen on Monday, August 17, the Principal Counsel of Basic Rights Initiative, James Ibor Esq., said they received a call from Girl Power Initiative, GPI, about a lady who had been assaulting her nephew with hot iron, burning stove and other hot objects.
Ibor said she plugged an electric iron and burnt the boys back and buttocks because he ate the N50 left-over groundnut and that was not the first time that such was happening.
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