A secondary school  student,Ikechi,has stabbed his Lagos based father,Andrew,in the right eye for refusing to buy him  Christmas clothes.

  The unfortunate incident happened on Thursday.Reports say the boy had earlier locked his father in their room for some minutes in their residence in Arowojobe Street,Osodi.

  It was further revealed by family members that his father who works as a hotel guard had initially explained to Ikechi that the the small amount of money he has was used to buy Christmas clothes for his three siblings.He went ahead to tell him that it was not enough to buy all the clothes he wanted to get for his siblings.However,Ikechi was furious that nothing was bought for him which made him stab the father.

  According to Ikechi’s cousin, Ukachukwu,Ikechi fought with his father throughout the night for refusing to buy him Christmas clothes.He went ahead to say that Ikechi wanted to wear the cloth to a friend's birthday at one of the beaches along the Victoria Island-Epe Expressway, on Sunday.
Ukachukwu said:

“He accused his father of hating him and, fed up with his complaints, the man got his belt and began to flog the boy.

“As his father continued flogging him, Ikechi reached for a knife and stabbed him straight in the
eye. Upon seeing the horror of his deed, Ikechi took his heels.

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