The
Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman, Mrs Aminot Otun, for roasting
the right hand of her seven-year-old step-son, Awwal Otun, last
Thursday.Awwal’s hand was allegedly roasted for adding drops of liquid
disinfectant to his bath water.According to Ngozi Ekwerike-Okoro, President,
Child to Child Network, a Non Governmental Organisation, NGO, a distressed call
from one of Otun’s neighbours at 59, Suenu Street, Surulere, Lagos saved
Awwal’s life.
Awwal was rushed to the Mother and Child
Hospital at Gbaja where another drama ensued as the doctor on duty refused to
treat or admit the boy despite pleas that the hospital was built purposely for
mothers and children in the state.
According to his teachers, Awwal, who is in
primary one, should not be allowed to go back to his step-mother because he is
always coming to school with bruises as the neighbours who pleaded anonymity
said that had been the normal punishment for the boy’s mistakes.
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