A middle- aged man, Kadiri Yusuf is on the run for allegedly beating and causing body injury on his two children. The incident was said to have occurred at the Orile Agege area of Lagos State.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement yesterday said a report was received from a school on October 18, at about 5pm, about the battery of two of her students.
Hundeyin said that the head teacher of a primary school in Orile Agege, reported to Elere Police Division about the battery of two of her students by their father.
During investigation it was gathered that one of the victims who is about the age of 11, a female reported to the head teacher about how their father usually beats them. While the elder brother, who is about 13 years old was also not spared from the beating by their father.
The victims sustained body injury. “Both the victims have been retrieved from their father and they were treated of their injuries and handed over to their mother’s sister, for safe custody, while efforts to arrest their fleeing father is in top gear.”
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