Lady Who Has 4 Kids For Different Men Arrested For Torturing 9yrs Old Boy

The police have arrested a woman, identified only as Bassey, for allegedly inserting a stick of broom dipped in pepper into the private parts of a nine-year-old boy, identified as Promise, in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos.

Lady Bassey had accused the boy, who is her nephew, of stealing N2,000.

Forcing him to confess to the crime, the mother of four allegedly resorted to the extreme torture.

According to Punch, neighbours, who had reportedly observed the continuous abuse of Promise, reported the case to the police at the Iponri division.

Promise was said to have been taken to hospital, where stick of broom was removed from his p*nis.

It was gathered that officials of the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender had taken the victim to a government shelter.

A neighbour, who did not want to be identified, told Punch that Promise had been living with Bassey on Ashaka Street for the past five years, adding that his parents were late.

He said, “Promise is the son of Bassey’s elder sister. His mother brought him to live with her so she could assist him with his education.

“The boy was formerly in a private public school, but he was withdrawn immediately his mother died. His father is also late. Since that time, she turned him into an errand boy.

“I have known the boy for three years and can categorically say that he is always being maltreated.

“There was a time the guardian beat him up and tortured him with a needle. She starved the boy for three days. On another occasion, she sent the boy out of the house in the night and left him outside till daybreak.”

He added that despite having four children from different men, Bassey don't maltreat her own kids.

Another tenant said matters got to a head on Wednesday, January 4, when Madam Bassey inserted a stick of broom which had been dipped in pepper into Promise’s p*nis for allegedly stealing N2,000.

He said, “She said she was looking for N2,000 and accused the boy of stealing it. She beat him up with a stick and used red pepper to rub his whole body. The boy was screaming, yet she did not stop.

“After that, she inserted a stick of broom, dipped in Cameroon pepper, into the boy’s private parts.

“We could not bear it again and we reported the abuse to the police at the Iponri division. She was arrested and is still in police custody.”

Funny enough, the tenant said some relatives of the suspect had been threatening to deal with them for reporting the case to the police.

Anyway, the lady has been arraigned in court by police and remanded in prison.