| A woman in Nigeria poured hot oil over her 10 | | | | not that God exposed her through her |
| year-old son as punishment for eating too | | | | neighbour, maybe the boy could have got |
| much leftovers. | | | | infected and perhaps died." |
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| According to the mother she came home from | | | | This serious crime would not have been |
| work to find her 10-year-old Ebuka Ochichi | | | | discovered had not a concerned neighbour |
| had eaten too much macaroni. The mother was | | | | reported suspicious activity to the police. |
| furious and ordered her sister to heat up | | | | The mother had apparently kept her son at |
| some oil. The mother then poured this oil on | | | | home for 3 days and did not allow the son to |
| her own son. | | | | receive any medical treatment for his burns. |
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| A neighbour reported strange happenings in | | | | If this crime had not been reported then the |
| the house to the police. The mother was | | | | son may have suffered from critical wounds or |
| arrested. | | | | even lost his life. It seems shocking from a |
| | | | Western society viewpoint that such a crime |
| The mother claims that she did not mean to | | | | could occur. However, just because this crime |
| harm her child. However, tribal chief | | | | was committed in Nigeria does not excuse the |
| disagrees. He says "How can she say she meant | | | | actions of the mother. It may be that such a |
| no harm? She kept the boy in the house for | | | | crime would have been committed in any |
| three days without even making an attempt to | | | | Western country. |
| take him to the hospital for treatment." "If | | | | |