Sixteen days after Williams Esther, bathed her neighbour, Mrs Mabel Enwongomfon–Umoh, a nursing mother with a bucket of hot water during their minor argument on the 24th of December, 2015, she has come out to blame the devil for her wicked act.
Since the incident took place, Mabel has been experiencing excruciating pain as she sustained severe burns on her chest, breasts, neck and a part of her face.
Since the incident took place, Mabel has been experiencing excruciating pain as she sustained severe burns on her chest, breasts, neck and a part of her face.
As a result of the terrible incident, and the severity of the burns, her two months old baby has been deprived breastfeeding because of her breast injuries.
Williams Esther, a house help before her action landed her in police custody while speaking with Saturday PUNCH before her arraignment, said even though she knew the hot water could inflict severe injury on her neighbour, she did it out of anger.
According to her, “I’m sorry. I was pushed by the devil to do it. I wish I didn’t do it. After I did it, people were beating me before I was arrested. I feel bad. I’m sorry. Everybody in the house makes trouble, not only me.”
While Esther remains remanded in police custody until she satisfies the bail conditions imposed by the court; a bail of N500,000 and two sureties in like sum among other conditions, and the proceedings adjourned till March 9, 2016, Mabel, who has been bedridden since the incident happened, said she has missed breastfeeding her baby.
While speaking with Saturday PUNCH, she said: “Sometimes, I would see milk coming out of my breasts, which was a sign that my baby was crying but there was nothing I could do.”
She continued saying her baby has since been feeding on baby formula. She also added that her first child could not stand what had become of her face and body when she was brought the first time alongside with her two-month-old baby to visit her in the hospital.
She said, “She ran away and refused to come inside until they went back home, but she has now got used to it,” she said.
When PUNCH correspondent visited Mabel during the previous week, though she had been discharged, she was still unable to go home owing to her unpaid medical bill. Thus, she remained the hospital’s guest.
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