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