A nursing mother in Owerri, Imo State, has been arrested for allegedly killing her maid.
A disturbing video circulating online shows the mother, cradling her own child, surrounded by an angry crowd at a hospital in Owerri.
The crowd accuses her of taking the life of her maid, whose lifeless body lies in a nearby hospital bed. As tensions escalate, someone intervenes, cautioning the crowd against physically harming the nursing mother.
“Guy, no hit am, no hit am,” a voice is heard saying.
“She’s going to NAPTIP straight,” another says.
According to journalist Nonsonkwa Ochi War, the woman was apprehended by neighbours after the incident.
The underage maid was allegedly punished for sitting with the woman’s children to watch TV and this ultimately resulted in her death.
In the video shared online, the nursing mother is seen explaining herself but the voice of the crowd drowned hers.
“Very wicked woman. Is that not someone’s child?” Someone asks while showing the body of the maid.
“See her body, see what she did to her,” onlookers are heard saying as they film the girl’s body with their phones.
The nursing mother is later heard narrating how she went to the market, returned home, and started cooking, but the voice of the crowd drowns hers again while they call her names.
“You’re wicked. You’re a wicked soul,” they tell her, adding, “See the child she took.”
The video has sparked outrage online, with many joining the woman’s neighbours to call for justice for the child.