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.

PUNCH Metro 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 PUNCH Metro 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 PUNCH Metro visited the hospital on Wednesday, it was gathered that some officials from the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender and the Domestic Sexual 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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Picture of the 4years old boy back

They should torture him the same way he did to his son... Wicked man

A resident of the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told PUNCH Metro that Lekan’s mother had been sent away by Sikiru, and he had married a new wife.

Why should a man transfer whatever grievances he has with his wife before separation to the innocent child.


This man wasn't raised in a home but in the bush to behave this way

Wicked man!

why can't the police beat this man and pay him back in is own coin just after arresting him

A resident of the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told PUNCH Metro that Lekan’s
mother had been sent away by Sikiru, and he had
married a new wife.

what stops lekan's mother from taking him along with her.........


am sure the neighbor must have informed her about the beatings and brutal beating he was facing in is father house....... the mother too is also guilty of neglect

undeserving fathers





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The negative news from Lagos, Ibadan and Osun is disturbing.

for every 10 crimes posted on this platform, 8 are from there.

before now, it was not so.

what is happening?

Please jail the man

heartless

Some people were not suppose to have a child

Not sure he fathered that child. What offence would a 4year old commit to warrant this kind of punishment?

Jungle justice is good for some people that are not human being, the man should have been beaten seriously

Na wa oooo, naija maltreating their children since 1909

jez

When you don't get a child, you complain. If you get the child and it's a girl, you complain. you get a boy again, you complain. God is patient sha!

what a wicked man!

When you hear the name Mustapha or mohammed, expect violence or killing or bombing... when you hear the name 'north' expect the same

Wickedness

dre11:


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Picture of the 4years old boy back

the boy is lucky that no baba alawu made an offer for him, the father would have gladly sold him out.

The Height of Wickedness. His own flesh and blood. Even if the boys mother is not with him, will he transfer the hatred he has for the woman on the poor innocent boy? Most family issues like this, it's always a transferred aggression, that results to the innocent being ill treated. I Hope he gets the same torture he has given to the boy, or even more from the Police.

Trust NIagra police,dey for don decorated his body with horse whip,hot slap,hang him upside down,use their baton do puff puff for his face.That done,he'll still explain himself to the field marshal in cell wetin carry am enta cell.Bastards

greatmarshall:
They should torture him the same way he did to his son... Wicked man

Vickyrotex bia com see the evil wey ya neighbour IYANgbali husband do him pikin