Nigeria, March 11 -- The Anambra State Government has restated its earlier resolve to prosecute a woman accused of assaulting a teenage girl with a hot electric iron.

The Commissioner for Education in Anambra State, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, gave the assurance on Wednesday in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES.

This newspaper earlier reported that the suspect, Osinachi Edeh, allegedly attacked her housemaid, Miracle Amah, a 17-year-old girl.

The incident happened on 3 February in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, which prompted police in the state to arrest the 29-year-old suspect.

The incident became public after the victim, a JSS III student of Community Secondary School Agulu Awka, was seen in the school with burns on ...