8-year-old maid beaten to death by her madam in Lagos

An 8-year-old girl has died in
Lagos after she was beaten to death by her female employer. The suspect,
who is a mother-of-two and pregnant with her third, was reportedly in
the habit of maltreating the victim and a second house help living with
her.

According to neighbours, the suspect, known as Oby in her
neighbourhood in Isolo, ‘usually beats and overworks’ the deceased,
Miracle Edegwu, and her colleague. She had also withdrawn both girls
from school after she brought them from Anambra state to Lagos. When
neighbours confronted her about the way she treated the girls, she…