A 14-year-old girl has been arrested for allegedly poisoning food meant for her half-sister and her half-sister’s husband and in-laws with rat poison. No one was harmed in the incident.
According to reports, she was brought from the village to help her half-sister, who had just given birth. She was allegedly accused of adding poison to meals prepared in the home.
The incident has triggered mixed reactions online, with users debating what may have led to the situation and how it should be handled.
One user said: “The level of wickedness that can be in a man’s heart to do that kind of a thing”
Another user shared: “Be careful of the person you matreated in you house especially if they have access to you food.”
Another user wrote: “All this are the reason I avoid relatives from the village from coming around.”
Another user, questioning the claims, said: “They fit de accuse this girl wrongly ooo. I no trust that voice states all these facts ooo. That girl looks confused as to what they are saying.”
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Commenting on the response to the incident, one user said: “First, she is a minor,
Guilty of no criminal charges,
The adults who are harassing her should be charged with assault and child abuse. How will those adults who were poisoned be in the house where a minor cooks for them? “
Another user added: “This is bigger than one incident. It speaks to parenting, pressure, and the environments we ignore.”