Woman Burns 13-Year-Old Maid With Hot Iron - see story

A 39-year-old pregnant woman, Mrs. Monica Momodu, has been arrested by the police for allegedly assaulting her housemaid with a hot pressing iron.


The victim, Sara Egbadon, 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, Lagos.

PUNCH Metro was told that the 13-year-old girl was ironing Momodu’s children’s clothes on Sunday when she started dosing.

Worried that the housemaid might burn the clothes, her guardian reportedly snatched the iron from her and slammed it on her hand and thigh.

The victim, who admitted that she was dosing, said she had washed the boss’ children’s clothes and had fanned the woman when there was power outage.

She explained that she was exhausted by the time power was restored, but Momodu instructed her to iron the clothes.

Our correspondent gathered that one of Egbadon’s teachers noticed the injuries and reported the incident to the police at the Aswani division, leading to the arrest of the boss.

Egbadon 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.”