Grandma Sets Fire On 9-Year-Old Grandchild’s Hands Over Food

A 9-year-old girl, John Kehinde has sustained severe burns after her grandmother allegedly set fire on her two hands for allegedly eating the food that belonged to her brother.

The incident happened on Tuesday around 1:45pm in Erin-Osun in the state.


According to the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Osun state, Mr. Babawale,  the grandmother, Mrs John Victoria used fire to burn her grandchild’s two hands as punishment for eating the food that belonged to her brother.

It was gathered that Kehinde was said to have lost her mother at a tender age and has been living with her grandmother at Ila area in Erin osun where the incident happened.

She has been taken to a primary health care at Erin osun for treatment.