Seven men arrested over Nigeria woman’s torture

Police in Nigeria have arrested seven men over allegations that they assaulted and tortured a 40-year-old woman in the south-eastern state of Enugu.

In a police complaint, a legal aid activist said the group raided the woman’s house after accusing her of going into a “sacred forest” to hunt for and harvest snails.

At least 10 men are said to have raided the house where the woman had been living with her four children and an aged mother.

They later stripped the woman and forced her to walk in the town while beating her with sticks and rods.

The woman was later rescued and taken to hospital but is reported to be seriously ill.

She and her assailants belong to the same Agunese Affam-Mmaku community.

BBC Africa