The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps yesterday arrested a woman in Kaduna for allegedly setting her daughter ablaze.
The suspect also locked up the girl for six days before a good samaritan called the attention of the the security men.
‎It was gathered that the suspect asked her daughter to take care of her two siblings while she went out to attend to her business.
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But the eight-year-old daughter left for a neighbour’s house to watch TV series which made her younger siblings to scatter the house before their mother returned.
It was learnt that the mother became angry and set her ablaze.
The girl is recuperating at the emergency unit of a specialist hospital in Kaduna.
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The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, confirmed the incident, saying;
“It was shocking and unimaginable that a mother could do such to her own daughter. Good Samaritan reported the case to my ministry and we swung into action immediately. The mother is presently in the custody of the NSCDC for investigationâ€, she said.
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