Whilst families across the world celebrated Children’s day yesterday, two parents in Lagos beat their children so badly that they died from their injuries. The incidents happened in Agege and Oregun suburbs of Lagos.
SUN reports
It was gathered that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in-charge of Pen Cinema Division while on patrol with his men received an anonymous call reporting that a man, identified as Paul (surname withheld), a resident of Omitola Street, Agege and his wife had beaten a 12-year-old boy, Onyedikachi Mbanozo, into coma.
The boy later died out of severe bleeding and pains.
A Police source said the DPO, acting on the information, moved to the scene, arrested the suspects and recovered the body of the deceased, which was later deposited in the mortuary.
Similarly, at the Oregun area of Ikeja a man allegedly hit his son identified as Bright, on the head with an iron belt for stealing N1,000.00 and he was rushed to Divine Private Hospital at Lawal Street, Oregun, where he was confirmed dead.
The corpse has been deposited at the Lagos State University Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja mortuary for autopsy.
Confirming the two tragic incidents, the Police image maker in the state, Ngozi Braide, said the two cases were still under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba.
She warned parents to desist from beating their children as there are other ways to punish erring children.
She said: “Any parent who kills his or her child will go in for it and the law will take its course.The law will not consider if you are a parent or not;once you kill, you will be arrested and prosecuted.”
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