Couple allegedly brutalise starving 10-year-old maid for eating in neighbour’s house

Officers of the Delta state Police have arrested a couple for allegedly brutalizing their 10-year-old housemaid.

The story was shared in a Facebook post by human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu. He disclosed that the couple brutally assaulted the minor because she ate food in a neighbour’s house after being starved for days.

He wrote; “The rate of violence against children is increasing by the day in Delta State. Another case of a 10 year old who was employed as a maid was beaten for eating in a neighbor’s house. Same child they left to starvation ate at a neighbor’s house to avoid dying of hunger , husband and wife brutally assaulted her mercilessly. The husband and Wife are now detained in B Divisional Headquarters Asaba police for assault occasioning harm”