The Police Command in Abia has arrested one Mrs Ogechi Sunday, a civil servant, for allegedly using a hot knife to burn the buttocks of her maid.

Mrs Sunday told newsmen that she took the measure to tame the 14-year-old, Mary Sunday (not her relation).

“The girl was fond of eloping each time I sent her on errands, so on this last occasion I decided to take a drastic action to force her to disclose why she usually returned late from errands.

“So I put the kitchen knife on a lighted stove and when she eventually returned, I spanked her on the buttocks with the hot knife,” she said.

She however expressed regrets for her action, saying that she was moved by anger.