Man arrested for brutalizing four-year-old son...SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that 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.
Firstclass newsline 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.
Firstclass newsline learnt 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
firstclass newsline 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."
It was learnt that Lekan was now recuperating in a hospital in the
Surulere area.
When firstclass newsline crew 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."
Firstclassnewsline.net