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

Police in Delta State have arrested a couple who allegedly brutalised their 10-year-old housemaid.

According human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, the couple brutally assaulted the starving minor because she ate food in a neighbour’s house.

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 neighbour’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.”