Nigeria, July 7 -- The police in Abia State have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Nwoko Gift, after a disturbing video circulated on Facebook allegedly showed her assaulting her 12-year-old niece with a kitchen knife in Umuahia.

The police said the suspect would be charged with attempted murder after investigations are concluded.

Maureen Chinaka, the police spokeswoman, disclosed this in a statement posted on her Facebook page on Monday

According to the police, preliminary investigations revealed that Ms Gift, who hails from Ehimembano in Imo State but resides at IBB Housing Estate in Umuahia, allegedly attacked her niece, Ebo Chimamanda, on 5 July after the girl reportedly failed to spread clothes before the suspect left for the market....