Enraged Mother Puts 5-Year-Old Daughter’s Hand Inside Hot Water For Stealing Fish

A mother of two, Tina Idoroyen has reportedly put her 5-year-old daughter’s hand into hot water hands for stealing fish.

Idoroyen, a food vendor who lives with her daughters at Ikot Ansa community in Calabar Municipal Local Council of Cross River State had prepared 19 pieces of fish for her food business but when she returned home she only met a piece left.

The enraged mother later discovered her 5-year-old ate the fish and proceeded to dip the little girl’s hands into hot water, Guardian reports.

Counsel to Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in charge of the child’s case, Mr. James Ibor, claimed that the mother admitted that the little girl had not eaten before stealing the fish.

He said: “The mother alleged that her five-year-old daughter stole her fish, so she dipped her hands in a very hot water, that was how she reacted to the alleged stealing.

“Meanwhile, she admitted that when it happened, the child had not eaten, which means she must have been hungry.

“The woman has nothing, the father of the child abandoned them two years ago and she still has another eight-year-old daughter.

“They can barely feed and she is owing house rent, so if we had not intervened with treatment immediately, that child’s burns would have been badly infected.”

Mr Ibor stated further that the suspect has not been reported to the police because her daughter who is currently in General Hospital in Calabar, undergoing treatment needs her care. He however noted that the suspect had committed a crime and will be handed to the police in due time.

He said: “A crime has been committed and of course, the police will have to be notified.

“She needs to pay for her crime, but we have not taken that decision yet, because it will not be proper to do that now.”

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