The mother of 16-year-old boy Lekan Isiaka, a victim of severe domestic abuse in the hands of his father, has rebuffed every attempt to get her involved in her son’s issue. Saturday PUNCH reported last week that Lekan suffered series of physical abuses in the hand of his father, Monsuru,which led him to have seizures and a dislocated shoulder.

Saturday PUNCH attempted to contact her through the phone number of her new husband, a furniture maker in Ibadan, to inform her about Lekan’s situation but the man, who would not identify himself, has only repeated that “she is out of town.”

When asked to give her direct line so that authorities handling the boy’s case could contact her, the man refused.

Saturday PUNCH reported on Saturday, June 6, 2015, that concerned neighbours alerted activists from the Esther Child Rights Foundation to Lekan’s case after the boy started having seizures after consistent brutal beating by his auto painter father, Monsuru, in Ijegun area of Lagos.

It was reported that Monsuru was arrested and transferred to the Area M Command Headquarters in Idimu, Lagos.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that since he was granted bail, residents have continued to voice concern about the continued beating by the father.

It was learnt that the day he was released from police custody, Monsuru, threw the boy inside a muddy pool of water on the road, accusing him of getting him arrested.

However, the officials of the Office of the Public Defender of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice visited the Ijegun residence of Monsuru on Thursday having read about the plight of the boy in Saturday PUNCH.

Director of OPD, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, said the agency had made plans to take Lekan for urgent medical treatment and rehabilitation and vowed that Monsuru would be rearrested and charged to court as soon as possible.

She decried the rising cases of severe physical abuse of children in the state, ascribing the problem to transferred aggression and poverty.

Rotimi said, “Sometimes, when we get cases of child abuse like this, if the case is not severe enough to prosecute the parents for, we sit them down for an hour and hand them a copy of the Child Rights Law, which they have to read compulsorily and digest before they leave our office.

“Most times we see cases of mothers who are victims of domestic abuse in the hands of their husbands transferring the aggression to their children. When their husbands hit them once, they hit their children three times. In other cases, the aggression comes as a result of poverty.”

Director of the Esther Rights Foundation, Esther Ogwu, said reports from residents showed Monsuru is planning to relocate the boy.

“That is something he must not be allowed to do because the life of Lekan would be in danger,” she said.

Source:http://www.punchng.com/feature/super-saturday-crime/seizure-boy-mother-goes-into-hiding-as-lagos-govt-vows-to-prosecute-father/

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at last I made it to front page

but it's no big deal

all these land bookers
make una stop this crap na

jesus loves you


#sayNoToChildAbuse nigerian parents ehnnn chai

dem beat dis boy sotey ogor no come dey again

good for them , irresponsible parents

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It's better the law takes its due course.

Morning all

Nawa ooo

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she for no run.do head like funnel

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um

Femiartalade:
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Land bookers at work

Its well God will help u,

Nokiae5:
she for no run.do head like funnel

guy u bad ooo lmao ahhhhaaaa
funnel head

No hiding place for the wicked

They deserve worse!
Wicked parents!

anugo mu

this is what happens when God blesses ungrateful hediots!!

starbuck:
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fibe:
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LordEmperoris1:
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Femiartalade:
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See them !!!!!!
Smh
Na Wetin una sabi b this ?

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Instead of protecting d child, by passing a law that will protect the children from abuses, they passing yeye law for children 2 be banged at the age of 14years , this devil called father must be dealt with big time

d person blow me has sumtin to say

goryorhal:




See them !!!!!!
Smh
Na Wetin una sabi b this ?

Help me ask them o!

Oh boi see beating is wa o d guy no cun get OGOR again

Lolaabokoku:
Una no dey sleep?? I was here sha

shebi na from sleep u dey type so

Holyfield1:
Help me ask them o!

Dem won use am collect award ...

And who's that MDFK mod that moved this topic to FP at this time

Una no dey sleep?? I was here sha

Why wud she run? This boy will b a hero tomorrow n she wl nw want to take bullet to b seen as the mother sef. Mtchew

I think the govt should do more awareness on the dangers of extreme flogging. Bible sef dey contribute to this craze. Spare the rod and spoil the child

Na these same Yorubad people. Wetin we go do these people even their own na im dem they wicked too.