An Kado Upper Area Court in Abuja yesterday ordered that a 43-year-old woman, Janet Moses, of Mabushi village be remanded in prison for beating a two-year-old boy to a state of coma.
The presiding judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, gave the order after the accused pleaded guilty to the offence and begged the court for leniency.
He ordered that she be remanded in prison custody till April 28, pending sentencing.
“I hereby withhold the sentencing of the convict pending when we receive a medical report of the baby from the hospital as he is still in a critical condition,’’ he said.
While taking her plea, the accused had told the court that, “It was the devil that made me do it. I didn’t know what came over me when I was beating him. I didn’t know it will get to this point. Have mercy on me, I will not repeat it again,” she pleaded.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Sgt. Simon Ibrahim told the court that Aisha Muhammed of the same address lodged a report against the accused at the Mabushi police station on March 22.
Ibrahim said the crime was committed on the same date when the convict beat up the two-year-old boy who was left in her custody.
He said the complainant returned home and saw the convict beating up the child who already had serious injuries all over him and that during police investigation, the convict confessed to have committed the crime which contravenes the provision of Section 238(b) of the Penal Code.(NAN)