A woman was
stripped naked and
made to carry the
corpse of the dead
boy around her area.
The sad incident
happened on Sunday
on Amosu Street,
Ijegun, in Lagos.
The woman known
locally as Iya Anu beat
her 16 year old foster
son, Seubow, to death
for allegedly stealing
N50. Seybow was Iya
Anu's husband's
nephew.
According to
neighbours, trouble
started after Seubow
lost the N1,000 given
to him by Iya Anu to
run an errand for her
some days back.
Angered by the loss
which she claimed
was theft, the
woman refused to
feed Seubow for over
four days. When the
teenager couldn't take
the hunger anymore,
he sneaked out to buy
gala one night. When
Iya Anu found out,
she accused him of
stealing her N50 and
beat him up, using a
rod. She battered him
for days until he gave
the ghost on Sunday
afternoon.
After his death,
neighbours rounded
the woman up and
made her carry the
boy's corpse to the
police station. If only
the neighbours had
intervened earlier. This
wasn't the first she
would batter him. The
photo on the right
was taken in June at a
police station where
Iya Anu was taken to
after seriously
battering the boy. No
one came to his
rescue and he ended
up dying in her hands.
Sad!