How Evil Proprietress Flogged 17 Months Old Boy To D€ath And Tried To Cover It But Was Exposed By Her Young Pupils

The story of how a 17 months old baby was killed by a proprietress has shook the internet.

How can people be so wicked?

The proprietress of a nursery and primary school, a person whom parents leave their wards in care of, turned out to evil.

This is a sad story of how Gift Ohanazoeze, a 28 year old single mother left her 17 months old child, Obinna Udeze, in school, not knowing that her child will be no more in two days time as a result of the inhumane treatment received in school.

Mother of the deceased, Gift Ohanazoeze

Speaking to The Punch, Gift explained what happened to her son, Obinna, saying;

"On February 10, I took my child to Arise and Shine Primary School here in Asaba. He was very healthy when I dropped him at school but when I went to pick him after school, he did not look healthy at all and on closer look at him, I discovered several bruises on his body.

So, the following day I went to the school with the child and on getting to school, I met the proprietress who happens to live on the school premises. I asked her why my child was flogged so much in that manner.

In response, she asked me if I knew the gravity of my son’s offence. Then I asked her what kind of offence a child of one year and seven months would commit to warrant that kind of beating. The proprietress said I should go and come back the following day. I told her I would go and come back to know who flogged my child in that manner.
So, I left but throughout that night, the child couldn’t sleep.

Late Obinna Udeze

Narrating how she eventually discovered what was done to her child, Gift continued;

"The following day, I took my child to the school and that was when I even saw the injuries very well. The bruises were many.
As I was making noise, creating scene for the teachers to come out, pupils from the classes came out and said, “Mummy Obi, our Big Mummy (the proprietress), one uncle and one aunty tied Obinna's hands and legs with white handkerchief and flogged him.” I asked them who Big Mummy was, then they pointed at the proprietress.

So, I confronted her and said, “Madam, so you were the one who flogged my child.”

By then a crowd had gathered and people told him that what he did was wrong. They said it was wrong for him to flog a one year and seven months old child and then slap a member of the child’s family for asking questions.

Speaking further, Gift revealed that her son's condition worsened which led to them taking him to a hospital.

In her words;

"Because of the condition of the boy, we immediately took him to the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba. On getting there, he was already weak. They commenced treatment. He went into a coma and then he gave up the ghost on Saturday.

Gift went on to narrate how the evil proprietress tried to avoid being punished by running away with her family.

She said;

"We reported the matter to the police. The police went to the proprietress’ house, but on getting there, it was discovered that she had run away with her family.
I then decided to go to the Government House to report the case, so that government can tell the police to look for the woman because I want justice.
My grandmother followed me and on our way to the Government House, we saw the proprietress running away with her family, including her husband.
We saw them stopping a taxi car asking the driver to convey them to Onitsha park. She was telling the driver to hurry up and should not worry about the fare, that they would pay her any amount.

I immediately moved to her and held her by her clothes and asked her, “Where are you hurrying to that you don’t mind paying the taxi any amount?"

She was shocked to see us. She then said pressure was too much on her and she was going away to rest for a while. She said she heard that my son was dead.
My grandmother then asked her where she got the information. She replied that somebody phoned her to tell her. My grandmother then said to her: “You want to run away because the child is dead?” So, we held her and called the police. They came and took her and her family to police station.

Explaining why she had to leave a child so young in school, Gift revealed that she is a graduate looking for employment and needed time to hunt for jobs.

She said;

"The reason I registered my child in the school, even though he was just one year and seven months old, was so that I could look for a job, so that I can earn a living."