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.
Awwal was later taken to a nearby
private hospital for treatment and he is currently at Juvenile Welfare Centre
of Alakara Police Station.
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