According to SaharaReporters, Oghenovo helped her employer in the running of a POS business in Adeba, Lekki’s Lakowe axis. The victim used N100 from the day’s POS transactions to buy a snack.

When the little girl returned home, the suspect allegedly rubbed pepper in her eyes before setting a hot knife on fire and torturing her with it.

A witness told the publication that he found out what had happened to the girl after she fainted at the POS stand the day after the incident and told him about her ordeal the night before.

The matter was reported to a non-governmental organization, Advocate for Children and Vulnerable People’s Network (ACVPN).

The witness said: “The girl collapsed on Friday at her shop where she did POS for her aunty. People gathered there and asked her what the problem was; she said her back was paining her, we opened the back and saw burns, we asked her what happened to her, she said she used N100 to buy puff puff and Zobo when she was hungry on Thursday.

When she got to the house, the aunt put pepper in her eye, placed a knife on fire, and burnt her with it. I immediately took her to the Elemoro police station, I discovered she had other scars; I said what happened, she said some months ago, her aunt called one Alhaja who gave her those scars.

The Alhaja was arrested that same day, but the aunty had already fled.”