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Police Nab Man For Burning Son With Hot Aluminum Over Missing Fish
Police in Ogun State say they have arrested one Sikiru Idowu for allegedly maltreating his five-year-old son, Segun Sikiru.
The man was accused of “inflicting grievous harm on the body of his son over an allegation that the small boy stole a fish.”
He was said to have allegedly “put an aluminum plate on fire and when the plate was red-hot, he forcefully sat the boy on it, thereby burning his buttocks.”
Sikiru was also accused of using the same plate to burn the victim’s fingers and part of his mouth.
Our correspondent learnt that the small boy was rushed to hospital for treatment.
Ogun police spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday confirmed that the suspect is a resident of Itowo in Oke Sopen area of Ijebu Igbo.
Oyeyemi informed that Sikiru was arrested by the police in Ijebu Igbo Division when members of the public alerted that he was about to kill the boy.