Nigeria: Court Sends Foster Mother to Prison for Setting Girl Ablaze

31 August 2013

A Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos State has ordered that Mrs. Nkese Iroakazi, the foster mother who last month allegedly set an 11-year old girl ablaze leading to her death be remanded at Kirikiri Prison till October.

The victim, Ita Bassey-Eno, was said to have died at the Gbadaga General Hospital a week after she was rushed to the facility.

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