police at Idimu, Lagos, western Nigeria
have arrested the wife of a pastor, Mrs.
Angela Uzoma, for pouring hot water on
a teenager who is also her sister. She
was arraigned before the Ejigbo
Magistrates' Court for injuring the
teenager. The 28-year old housewife
who is also the women's leader in her
husband's ministry at Shasha allegedly
poured hot water on Chidinma Chukwu,
causing her serious injury. The incident
happened at their residence at Ifelodun
Street Orisunmbare, Shasha, Lagos
State, western Nigeria. It was gathered
that the pastor's wife accused the 14-
year old Chidinma of selling only few
pawpaws on the fateful day. Angela,
according to the police investigating
officer (IPO), had warned Chidinma to
ensure that she did not come back
home without selling all the pawpaws
packed in her tray for sale that day.
Unfortunately, she did not sell
everything and Angela became angry,
accusing her of being too playful. Our
source also gathered that she tried to
hide the incident by refusing to take
her to a hospital. Instead, she arranged
with a nurse who was treating her at
home. The matter came into the open
when a samaritan heard of it and
reported to the police at Idimu. Angela
was promptly arrested. Narrating what
happened, Angela revealed at the
police station that she did not
intentionally pour water on her, adding
that she brought her from the village to
train her and she was hawking pawpaw
to assist the family to feed. "It is the
devil's work and I regret what
happened. I want to settle this matter
out of court," she begged. Her
husband, Pastor Paul Uzoma, described
the incident as unfortunate. "When I
heard of it, I blamed my wife and told
her she went too far," he said. He,
however, said his wife meant well for
the girl and that was why she brought
her to Lagos to train her. When she was
arraigned in court on Tuesday, she
pleaded not guilty. The presiding
magistrate, Mr. P.E Nwaka granted her
bail in the sum of N50,000 with one
surety in like sum. She was ordered to
be remanded in prison custody at
Kirikiri, Apapa when she couldn't fulfill
the conditions attached to her bail. The
matter has been adjourned till 12
December, 2013
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