Nursing mother of 29-year from Oforikurom village, closer to Samreboi in Wassa Amenfi West Municipality, has been arrested on charges of setting her 4-year-old daughter’s buttocks on fire for missing GH₵8 sandals.
According to the assembly member, Azure Suleman, the woman punished her daughter for missing the sandals after asking for them back and not returning them.
The mother however, denied the allegations, saying she wanted to use the water to treat wounds on her daughter’s genitals after rumors of sexual abuse reached her.
According to a myjoyonline, the mother has been granted bail given that she is a nursing mother of a one-year-old baby.
The court also ordered that the child be taken to Komfo Anokye Hospital for treatment.
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