The police in Lagos have arrested a man, Sikiru Mustapha, who allegedly brutalised his four-year-old son, and abandoned him at a bus station in the Iwaya area of Yaba. Gistmania learnt that the boy, identified only as Lekan, reportedly had scars of the torture on his body. He was, however, picked up by a neighbour. Our correspondent gathered that Lekan was reportedly handed over to a non-governmental organisation in the area, which took him to the Sabo Police Division. It was gathered that the police subsequently arrested the father. A resident of the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Gistmania correspondents that Lekan’s mother had been sent away by Sikiru, and he had married a new wife. She said, “Lekan has a long history of torture from his father. He is poorly taken care of, beaten and left to wander in the area. As young as he is, the father beats him without mercy. On Tuesday, he was beaten up as usual. But this time, he was abandoned at a bus station. One of the residents of this area found him and took him to an NGO. He was then taken to the Sabo Police Division, and the police arrested the father. “Sikiru has a new wife who is a nursing mother. She should have cautioned her husband against maltreating the boy, but she did not.” Our correspondent learnt that Lekan was now recuperating in a hospital in the Surulere area. When Gistmania visited the hospital on Wednesday, it was gathered that some officials from the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender and the Domestic segxwal Violence Response Team, to whom Lekan’s torture was also reported, had visited and taken up the case of the boy. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident. He added that the suspect had been taken to court. He said, “We arrested the suspect for maltreating his son. He has been taken to court in company with some personnel from the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.”
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Posted: at 11-06-2015 09:48 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Some men can be so foolish.. when I just touch my Son yansh becos he was crying to much I quickly beg God to 4give me and felt very sorry dat dat, so wondering y some parent will be beating their kids like animals
Posted: at 11-06-2015 10:29 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
royalsam450 at 11-06-2015 11:01 AM (9 years ago) (m)
I dont buy the idea of dumping the boy at yaba but the proverb 13 - 24 say he that spareth is rod hateth his son but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes
Posted: at 11-06-2015 11:01 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Some men can be so foolish.. when I just touch my Son yansh becos he was crying to much I quickly beg God to 4give me and felt very sorry dat dat, so wondering y some parent will be beating their kids like animals
o the devil is looking for you i don't know why maybe because of your sin
Posted: at 11-06-2015 01:25 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
livingstonee at 11-06-2015 02:17 PM (9 years ago) (m)
Nigeria full of problems! Who knows maybe the new wife is the cause!Anyway MAY GOD IN HEAVEN HAVE MERCY UPON THE MAN and touch his heart to bring the mother of the son back and send the strange woman away in JESUS NAME AMEN!!
Posted: at 11-06-2015 02:17 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Some men can be so foolish.. when I just touch my Son yansh becos he was crying to much I quickly beg God to 4give me and felt very sorry dat dat, so wondering y some parent will be beating their kids like animals
You toch your son yansh, no let police hear ooooh, how many years jail term be dat self?
Posted: at 11-06-2015 04:23 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Another trend of abandoning kids on a bus stop on the making. Tomorrow beneno go flow use stone take hit that boy wey im born at the age of 15(his firs sex) come abandon am for government to take care of.
Posted: at 11-06-2015 09:11 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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