The incident happened on May 14, 2024 at the Federal Housing Estate in the Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, according to witnesses in the area.
An Adamawa State-based woman, Rachel Geoffrey, has allegedly set fire to the hands of her two stepdaughters, aged three and seven, for eating food in the house without her permission.
Geoffrey reportedly tied up the hands of the kids, Ijadai and Genesis Geoffrey and set them ablaze because they got hungry and ate food reserved for their father.
The incident happened on May 14, 2024 at the Federal Housing Estate in the Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, according to witnesses in the area.
"The heartless and callous stepmom left the kids for several hours without food. After the stepmom stepped out to pick up some items at a mall, the seven-year old took their father's reserved food and ate with her three-year old kid sister.
"After she returned, the wicked stepmom, got mad, tied the hands of the minors and set them to fire," a neighbor who does not want his identity revealed told SaharaReporters.
The spokesperson for the police in the state, SP Suleiman Nguroje confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Saturday, saying "the woman is our custody."
He added, "On the 15/5/2024 the Command arrested a 23 years old Rachel Geoffrey a resident of Federal Housing Estate, Girei Local Government Area who on the 14/5/2024 intentionally inflicted severe physical injuries on her 7 and 3 years step children.
"The victims, Genesis Geoffrey 7years and Ijadai Geoffrey 3 years, faced several calculated acts of cruelty and human rights violations from their step mother after the separation of their mother with their father.
"Most worrisome is the recent incident in which she cooked rice and kept it for her husband who happened to be the father of the victims and then went out, the kids who were hungry took and ate their father's food.
"That angered her, she then tied their hands with a handkerchief making them powerless and set fire to their hands resulting in the severe injuries they sustained.
"The Commissioner of Police, Dankombo Morris has expressed worries as he advised members of the public, particularly parents to live up to expectation in providing necessaries to their wards and assured of diligent prosecution of the suspect."