A 25 year old petty trader has been arrested by police in Ibeju Lekki
for allegedly burning her 6 year old son's face for going into their
neighbour's home and licking their soup.
Not only did Sakirat Attah burn her son's face with hot iron after the
neighbour reported her son to her, she also used a broken bottle to stab
young Daniel in the head. You can see the photo above. How you can do
this to your own child is beyond me.
Sakirat took her son into their one room apartment after finding out
what he did, locked the door, lit a stove, put an iron
spoon on it to get hot and used it to burn his face and hands as
punishment. And when that wasn't enough, she broke a bottle and stabbed
him in the head, leaving a deep cut. Daniel later told police he stole
the soup because he was hungry.
Neighbours who heard the little boy screaming for help entered the room
and rescued him from the mother. They rushed him to the hospital and
called the police on the mum.
Shakirat Attah has been charged before an Igbosere Magistrate’s
Court in
Lagos on a one count charge of assaulting a minor occasioning bodily
harm. She's currently in Kirikiri Prison, pending when she fulfills
her bail conditions. I hope they take this child away from her.
