Man beats, fractures eight-year old son's hand in Lagos

A 39-year-old man, Mr. Adeyemi Adekunle, is now in police custody in Lagos for allegedly fracturing his eight-year-old son's hands for missing for two days. Adekunle was also said to have locked up the boy and three of his other children at No 20, Kolawale street, Dopemu Agege Lagos. Mr. Adeyemi was said to have beaten the boy to the point of breaking his hands. 

Lagos state Police public relation officer [PPRO], S.P Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Adewale's arrest. According to her, the landlord of the building where the children were locked up, reported the incident to the police at the Dopemu Police station. She said; "The boy had been missing since Saturday and the father looked everywhere for him until they found him on Monday. Out of annoyance, the father beat him. The boy sustained injuries from the beating" Badmos also said since the man got separated from the children's mother, he had been finding it extremely difficult to take good care of them. While investigating the matter, the police rescued all the four children, who were locked up in the room. Badmos said the case has been transferred to the gender office at the state headquarter for further investigation.