Lady burns housemaid with hot iron

– Mrs Momodu allegedly burnt her maid with hot
pressing iron
– the 13-year-old maid was dosing while ironing her
guardian’s children’s clothes
– The pregnant woman has been arrested by the police
Mrs. Monica Momodu, a 39-year old pregnant woman
has been arrested by the police after allegedly pressing
a hot iron on her housemaid’s skin. According to The Punch, the housemaid, Sara Egbadon
who is a Junior Secondary School 2 pupil, was brought
from Supenu-Irua, Edo state, and had been living with
the woman for five years on Abiodun Adesida Street,
Oke Afa in Lagos.
It was reported that the 13-year old house help was
dozing while ironing the clothes of her madam’s
children. This angered the pregnant woman who felt her
children’s clothes might get burnt and immediately
snatched the hot iron and pressed it on her thigh.
The teenager admitted that she was dosing while ironing
the clothes but said she was tired because she had
washed the boss’ children’s clothes and had fanned the
woman when there was power outage.
The burnt was discovered by the victim’s teacher who
reported the case to the police.
The girl said: “My mum divorced my dad about six years
ago and she is now in Benin. She left my three siblings and
I with him. When he could not take care of us, he gave me
to madam who is our relative.”
“On Sunday, she said it was stuffy and told me to fan her.
When the electricity was restored, she told me to iron her
children’s clothes. I was sleepy while ironing the clothes.
She said I wanted to burn the clothes, collected the iron and
placed it on my hand and thigh.
“Her husband is not aware of the way she treats me. He
lives in Abuja and comes home once in a while. Whenever
we travel home, she is kind to me in the presence of my
father. I want to go back home.”
However, Momodu said the housemaid injured herself
with the iron out of fear when she chided her for
dosing.
She said: “She was sleeping and I asked her how she could
be sleeping while ironing. It was that shock that led to all
this. I did not know she informed her teacher. The iron fell
on her. I did not do it. I did not tell her to fan me.”

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