CALABAR– A woman in Calabar, Cross River State capital, Mary Ita Edet has been accused of using an electric iron to press his 10-year old Step-Son, Precious Daniel Offiong.
This was revealed by an eye witness, Ntem Chris who after receiving an anonymous call of the ugly incident at No 9 Ekpenyong Ekpenyong Street, in Calabar South LGA of the state.
“I got a call from an anonymous caller reporting an ugly incident that happened last night at concerning an innocent boy who was burnt with an electric iron by his stepmother.
“Precious Daniel Offiong, a 10-year-old pupil of Santa Maria Primary School has been living with his stepmother since he was 4 years old. Mrs. Mary Ita Edet is married to his Dad and has always been maltreating him while placing her daughter on a high.
“Neighbors have also confessed to the kind of torture and torment this young child goes through in the hands of his stepmother who most times starves him and allows him to trek to church while she and her daughter go by keke amongst other mal-treatments.
“He was accused of misplacing two hundred naira by the stepmother and she flogged the hell out of the child and used an electric iron connected to electricity to burn him all over his body”, Ntem narrated
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Dr. Helen Isamoh Egbodo has been contacted on the case. She has however promised to pay a visit to the family, adding that necessary legal action will be initiated
“No child, be it biological or non-biological deserves such treatment and we won’t allow such illegalities and devilish acts to go unpunished.
“The little boy needs urgent medical attention while the stepmother deserves to face the wrath of the law”, she said.
