Ekiti man allegedly ties his 7-year-old grandson to a tree and tortures him over missing meat

Police in Ekiti State have invited a 90-year-old man, Pa Joel Afolabi, who allegedly tied his seven-year-old grandson to a tree and tortured him over missing meat.

he incident happened in Aye-Ekiti, in Ido/Osi local government area of the state. 

 

According to a source close to the community, the primary four pupil identified as Tunmise, was accused of eating a part of a meat which had been smoked on a fire in the kitchen by his grandfather, after arrived from school.

The source further stated that the meat which belongs to his grandfather was kept on the fire while the pupil was away in the school.

Upon arrival in the house, the grandfather was said to have discovered a reduction in the size of the meat which he kept on the fire and later called the victim to ask if he was the one that took part of it. 

The boy was said to have denied the allegation and insisted that he was not the one responsible for the act. His response was said to have annoyed the grandfather, who later brought out a cane.