A house wife, identified as Maryam Zakari, reportedly poured her son, Babanne Abdulahi hot water for having the audacity to bring his girlfriend home in Cross River State.

Mrs Zakari was said to have heated the water which she used to bathed her son, leaving him with several burns last Thursday at Bogobiri, the Hausa-Fulani residential area of the city.

An eyewitness who spoke with journalists said, “The woman saw the boy in his room with his girlfriend instead of cautioning him verbally, she decided to drench the young man with hot water. She poured the hot water on his body and shouted out for help.

“It is not just the girlfriend issue but because the son does not remit his daily wages to her but gives it to his girlfriend,” Dauda added.

Babanne was rushed to a private clinic in Calabar for medical attention.

Efforts to reach the woman and her husband for a comment on the issue proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.