A couple has been arrested by the police for allegedly brutalising their 10-year-old housemaid in Delta State.
Human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, who disclosed this said the couple brutally assaulted the starving minor because she ate food in a neighbour’s house.
Gwamnishu wrote; “The rate of violence against children is increasing by the day in Delta State. Another case of a 10 year old who was employed as a maid was beaten for eating in a neighbor’s house.
“Same child they left to starvation ate at a neighbor’s house to avoid dying of hunger , husband and wife brutally assaulted her mercilessly.
“The husband and Wife are now detained in B Divisional Headquarters Asaba police for assault occasioning harm”
