Nigerian Police Arrest Six Persons For Brutalising Widow In Enugu Community Over 'Forbidden Snails'
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested six people involved in the alleged torture and dehumanisation of a widow in an Enugu State community. SaharaReporters reported that Mrs. Anthonia Umeabelu Okonkwo, a mother of four, was on October 22, stripped naked by youths of Agunese Affam-Mmaku community in the Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State for allegedly picking snails in a forest supposedly forbidden. The youths also compelled her to walk around the community naked as punishment for her actions and also assaulted her.
Source: saharareporters.com