Nollywood actress Wunmi Toriola has been accused of assaulting a nanny Motunrayo Azeez over allegations of drugging and maltreating her son.
On Friday, October 15, Azeez picked the actress’s son from school back home at Medina Estate in the Gbagada area of Lagos State.
After feeding the boy, Azeez said she noticed he began running temperature and she gave him medication.
This upset Toriola who was monitoring the situation on a CCTV device connected to her mobile phone.
“She asked why I gave the baby drugs without her permission and I apologised for that, but she started accusing me of always drugging her son to make him sleep and I told her that yesterday (Friday) was the first time I would give him the drugs: Paracetamol and Vitamin C, with the cough drug she bought,” Azeez said.
The nanny said Toriola returned around 8pm, drove to the estate gate and dropped her with guards with instruction that they must not allow her leave.
“She started beating me at the gate and later carried me back home. When we got home, she ordered that I should be locked inside a room; later, her husband called a soldier, who came to beat me with a horsewhip and used electric shocker on me,” the nanny said.
Azeez, 27, said Toriola took her to the police after her (Azeez’s) mother pleaded on her behalf.
After visiting the police station, the nanny said Toriola parked in the middle of the road and began beating her. She said the actress scattered her clothes on the road and drove off.
However, Toriola denied assaulting the nanny. She alleged that neighbours had reported to her that the nanny always beat her child outside the house where there were no cameras.
“One week later, I discovered that my son that was active was just sleeping, so catching her on camera giving him drugs raised my suspicion. My son’s cough had gone like two weeks ago, so for her to still be giving him cough drugs without telling me that my son was running a temperature or coughing means she intentionally gave my son the drugs around 6pm so that he could sleep and she could press her phone,” the actress said.
Toriola further said she was the one begging her husband not to get the police involved, adding that she would now take the case to the police.
