The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Lagos Command, on Friday, January 5, 2018, arraigned one Mrs Nkechinyere Nwajagu, a banker, for maltreating a child. .
Nwajagu was arrested and taken to court for locking up a child who was allegedly brought to her as a housemaid by a woman she claimed was her elder sister. .
According to the police public relations officer, SP Chike Oti, the woman would lock the child up in a poorly ventilated apartment when she leaves for work in the morning and would not release her until the close of work at night. .
The police report read: ” Nwajagu, from Ajali in Orumba LGA of Anambra state but residing at No.12 Baderin street, Mafoluku Oshodi, reported to the police last night at Makinde Police Station Oshodi from where she was taken to the Human Rights Section of Lagos State Command Ikeja.