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Police arrest woman who tortured, locked boy, 10, locked in dog kannel

Police arrest woman who tortured, locked boy, 10, locked in dog kannel
Police arrest woman who tortured, locked boy, 10, locked in  dog kannel

 ° The boy is an orphan – Police 


The Lagos State Police  Command has arrested a 24 -year- old -a woman who tortured a minor and locked him in dog kennel ( cage ) as punishment at the Aguda area of the metropolis. A video went viral in the social media showing how a woman was torturing a minor and later locked him in a cage with dogs.

Following public outcry, a team of detectives from the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police  Command Headquarters, Ikeja, swung into action and arrested the woman, Onyinye Mbadike, 24. Lagos State police public relations officer ( PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana said the woman was arrested at her residence on  7 Trimnell Street, Aguda for assault and child abuse.

 ” Her arrest followed a viral video on the social media showing the suspect torturing 10-year -old, Chibike EziAmaka. The video also showed the suspect locking the boy up in a dog’s kennel, sharing space with dogs.

The video was widely condemned by well-meaning Nigerians. “The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu, ordered the Gender Unit of the Command to identify the Woman in the video, rescue the child and make the suspect face the full weight of the law. Domestic and Sexual Response Team (DSVRT), Alausa Ikeja, also added its voice to the call for investigation with a petition addressed to the Commissioner of Police to that effect. 

“The Gender Unit traced the suspect to Chumpe Liquor Store, Surulere, and her residence at Aguda. The 10 -years- old boy was rescued and taken to a secured shelter. The suspect admitted that she is the one on the viral video flogging the child with a belt, but she denied locking the survivor in a cage with dogs. That she only locked him in an empty dog kennel where bags are kept. She claimed to have locked up the boy for a few hours before bringing him out. 

She alleged that the boy took a hot drink in their refrigerator and was misbehaving. That the boy  smashed the side mirror of her Toyota Camry with stone which made her to detained him in the dog kennel.”

Investigation revealed that the survivor lost his parents and was brought to Lagos in 2012 from Anambra State by the mother of the suspect along with his two siblings. The suspect and the survivor are cousins.

The suspect’s mother is the elder sister of the survivor’s father. The suspect will be charged to Court. The Command reiterated its commitment towards protecting the rights of children and other vulnerable members of the society from all forms of violence and abuses “,

Elkana said.


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