Tunde Shitta, an auto mechanic, has reportedly beaten his 11-year-old son, Toib Shitta, to death.
Journalists who visited Tunde’s home at 33, Adeniyi Street, Itire, Lagos, learnt from neighbours that he had on many occassions flogged Toib, leaving him with scars. A resident, who spoke to Punch on the condition of anonymity, said Tunde visited his anger on the 11 year old boy after his new wife reported that he (Toib) disobeyed her.
The neighbour said, “On that day, his stepmother sent him on an errand but he refused because he was sleepy. When the father returned, she reported Toib’s disobedience to him and he flogged him.
“His father hit his head with a stool and then he began to bleed until he died.”
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