Man Who Tortured His Four-Year-Old Son Has Been Arrested.

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.

The boy, identified only as Lekan, was found at the bus park with scars of the torture on his body, and 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 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.”

When Punch visited Lekan at 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 of some personnel from the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.”

*Originally reported by Punch

Oh Dear Oh Dear,this really touched me...this child should be getting hugs and kisses and not blows and belt lashes..oh dear!