Woman Pours Hot Water JSS1 Student over N100

A 39-year-old trader, Chinwe Abasi who allegedly brutalized a 12-year-old boy, Chinedu Okorie with hot water in Apapa area of Lagos state has been arrested by the police.  Abasi, who hails from Nnewi, Anambra State, allegedly poured hot water on the boy because he collected N100 from a neighbour to buy a pair of socks to wear to school without the woman’s knowledge.Last Monday when schools resumed, Okorie, a JSS 1 student who also work as a sales boy in cloth material shop in Oyingbo market told Abasi that he would need to buy a pair of socks for school. She ignored the boy, while neighbor assisted him with N100 for the pair of socks. Abasi became angry and beat the boy when she learnt that he has collected money from a neighbor to buy the socks.

The 12-year-old was said to have ran to the kitchen during the flogging. Abasi allegedly grabbed an electric kettle of boiling water and emptied it on the boy.
The matter was reported at the Festac Police Division and the trader was arrested. It was gathered that the matter was also reported to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, and a temporary shelter was provided for the boy, where he also received medical attention.