A woman has found herself in more trouble than she can handle after subjecting her own niece to unbelievable torture.
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Chime Beauty, a 39-year-old woman, has been arrestedn in Bayelsa state for allegedly flogging a 13-year-old girl, Chimezie Hope, with a sharp iron.
New Telegraph reports that Beauty flogged her niece after accusing her of playing with her peers while neglecting her grandmother.
The victim told a correspondent that trouble started on Sunday morning when she was cooking for the grandmother.
According to her, “My aunty came into the house and started hitting me and accusing me of neglecting my 84-year-old grandmother.
“She hit me with iron rod and I started bleeding.”
According to the report, the incident occurred at about 7:30am on Sunday on Goodnews Street off Azikoro Road in the state and many of the residents accused the woman of repeatedly assaulting the teenage girl.
Neighbours were said to have tried to stop the bleeding before she was rushed to the hospital.
The issue was reported to the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, who promptly alerted the police.
Police operatives attached to Azikoro Division reportedly made the arrest after the complaint was laid.
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