A Woman Has Been Arrested For Allegedly Abusing Her Stepchildren In Lagos

A woman has been arrested in Lagos for allegedly abusing her stepchildren. Funmilayo Samson was arrested on Friday 27 December 2019, by the officials of the Directorate for Citizens’ Rights after a post about her ill-treatment to her stepchildren went viral on Facebook.

Ms. Funmilayo was handed over to the police and the children were rescued.

The alleged abuse was shared to Facebook by a concerned neighbor who claims Ms. Funmilayo locks these children outside the house when she is leaving for work in the morning and leaves them without food. The children aged 3, 9, and 12 only get the chance to inside when she returns in the evening.

It was also alleged that these children are exposed to physical abuse and leaves them with bruises on their bodies.

The father of the children and the woman got married after the mother of the children died.

However, the father of the children is not always around but only returns on weekends which leaves the children prone to abuse from their stepmother.

Ms. Funmilayo neighbors, along the Ebuwawa Road in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, said that the abuse has been on for a long time and their stepmother gets confrontational anytime anyone intervenes.

It was further alleged that Ms. Funmilayo sometimes leaves the children without food when she travels out of Lagos for days.

Bala Elkana, Lagos State PPRO, confirmed the arrest of Ms. Funmilayo and rescued the children. He reiterated that the stepmother will be charged to court.