Lecturer’s wife beat-up housemaid with knife in Obudu

Mrs. Ijeoma Oha reportedly used kitchen knife to beat-up her housemaid in has Obudu area of Cross River state, south-south Nigeria.

Mrs Ijeoma, whose husband, Dr  Amaechi Oha is the head of department, Igbo language at the federal college of education, Obudu,  seriously brutalized the girl leading to her being rushed to Sacred heart hospital in Obudu for urgent medical attention.

CrossRiverWatch gathered that on the night of 10th October, 2016, Mrs. Oha allegedly accused the maid of a misdemeanor at home earlier in the day and beat her up with a kitchen knife and other objects until she inflicted wounds all over her back.

Our correspondent say the maid was saved only when members of the vigilante group keeping watch over the town were on their routine night patrol and heard the distressed voice of the girl while she was crying.

The vigilante members intervened and rescued the child who some neighbors confirmed has been under constant brutal abuse my Mrs. Oha since her arrival in their home.

The Police later arrested Mrs. Oha who has since been released on bail.

The DPO Obudu Division, DSP Obeten did not take calls to his phone but some residents are accusing the police of compromise.

Some of them who spoke to CrossRiverWatch say Mrs. Oha is a serial abuser and should be punished.