A father has
allegedly beaten his four-year old son to death, padlocking his mouth to
prevent him from shouting while the beating lasted.
The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at 7, Adetola
Adelaja Street, Meiran area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
P.m News gathered that the man, Mr. Chris Elvis, who claims
to sell computer accessories, allegedly locked his son, Godrich in the room,
padlocked his mouth and beat him to death with an object that inflicted deep
cuts all over his body, claiming that the boy was an Ogbanje (evil child that
dies and reincarnates repeatedly).
The man landed in trouble when his landlady, Mrs Popoola who
was in the market, was informed that something was happening in her house. She
rushed home and discovered that the boy had been beaten to death by his father.
