Abuja Woman Puts Hot Knife On Niece’s Vagina

A 32-year-old woman in Abuja has been imprisoned after she placed a hot knife on her niece’s vagina.

The suspect, identified simply as Comfort, allegedly heated the knife on a stove and placed it on the private part of the 9-year-old girl, Leadership reports.

According to the prosecutor, Cpl. Kelechi Echendu, the suspect confessed to the crime saying that she did it to punish the child for coming late.

Comfort, a fashion designer resident in Dutse Makaranta, has been charged with cruelty to children and causing grievous hurt by an Upper Area Court sitting in Zuba.

She will be remanded in prison custody till November 12 when judgment will be passed on her.