two children were allegedly beaten to death

As the nation celebrated Children’s Day
yesterday, two children were allegedly
beaten to death by their parents in Lagos
State.
The incidents happened in Agege and Oregun

areas of the state.
It was gathered that the Divisional Police
Officer (DPO) in-charge of Pen Cinema
Division while on patrol with his men received
an anonymous call reporting that a man,
identified as Paul (surname withheld), a
resident of Omitola Street, Agege and his
wife had beaten a 12-year-old boy,
Onyedikachi Mbanozo, into coma.
The boy later died out of severe bleeding and
pains.
A Police source said the DPO, acting on the
information, moved to the scene, arrested the
suspects and recovered the body of the
deceased, which was later deposited in the
mortuary.
Similarly, at the Oregun area of Ikeja a man
allegedly hit his son identified as Bright, on
the head with an iron belt for stealing
N1,000.00 and he was rushed to Divine
Private Hospital at Lawal Street, Oregun,
where he was confirmed dead.
The corpse has been deposited at the Lagos
State University Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja
mortuary for autopsy.
Confirming the two tragic incidents, the
Police image maker in the state, Ngozi
Braide, said the two cases were still under
investigation at the State Criminal
Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba.
She warned parents to desist from beating
their children as there are other ways to
punish erring children.
She said: “Any parent who kills his or her
child will go in for it and the law will take its
course.The law will not consider if you are a
parent or not;once you kill, you will be
arrested and prosecuted.” news source sun.