Mother Arrested In Anambra For Allegedly Using Hot Kn!fe On 7-Year-Old Daughter

• Security operatives in Anambra State have arrested a 32-year-old woman, identified as Ogechi Ofoma, over the alleged severe physical ab¥se of her seven-year-old daughter in Obosi, Anambra State.
• Police said the child was rescued after community security personnel and residents intervened, following reports that she had sustained injuries allegedly inflicted with a hot kn!fe.

A 32-year-old mother, Ogechi Ofoma, has been arrested in Anambra State after her seven-year-old daughter, Oluebube Ofoma, was allegedly subjected to severe physical ab¥se in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area.

The child was reportedly rescued on Sunday, September 13, 2026, following the intervention of security personnel from Ibollo Community, Awada-Obosi, and concerned residents.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Monday.

According to Ikenga, the Command received a report in the evening of September 13 concerning alleged child ab¥se and severe bodily injuries involving the seven-year-old girl.

He said preliminary information indicated that the child had allegedly suffered severe physical ab¥se, including injuries reportedly inflicted with a hot kn!fe.

Following the intervention, the girl was rescued from further harm while her mother was arrested and Police action commenced.

Ikenga assured that the investigation would be thorough, professional and uncompromising, adding that the child’s safety, welfare and best interests remained paramount.

Reactions

@anslemfrancis22: Poverty is the remote cause of all this,,,,,transfer of frustration and aggression don make people dey over react.

@Optician_Mercy: Nna eh, kedu ife mmadu meru umu nwanyi Igbo? Umu nwanyi agbenu especially. The kind of wickedness in their heart traumatizes even the devil.

@Luurd_hoodlum: Igbo women are evil abeg. You guys aren’t refuting the allegations, especially against Igbo ladies born and raised there. Tufiakwa. You guys can do better

@CharlesDonani: Anambra again what is really going on with women in Anambra 🤔🤔

@a_reece_: Other tribes nor dey even maltreat their children, I don tire for this okpa women sef

@AguiyiOmambala: She did this to her own child. I just don’t want to imagine what she can do to another woman’s child under her.

@onlineguru__: Na only God the kind of evil spirit wey dey leave inside these women

@Thybiggeststar: Another igbo woman again, in the space of 2 months over 4 violence by igbo women and also molestation last weekend by anambra fat woman too

@NWAFOR642865: When it comes to wickedness leave for Anambra women especially Awada -Obosi

@Ogadiiq: Anambra women are not good to marry as a wife, be careful as a man, avoid Anambra women

@NWAIMO00: Anambra and Abia State—stay away from women from these states.

@Foxyblueu: Another horror. Our agencies are always reactive, never proactive in protecting the most vulnerable among us.

@Thybiggeststar: Igbo kwenu! Cha cha Cha igbo kwenu

@OnukwuforC6130: Anambra women Satan de fear them

@big7_dracula: Igbo women with wickedness