Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have arrested one Godstime Ategho over the injuries he inflicted on his seven-year-old son.
The father was said to have tortured the boy for eating the food meant for him (father).
According to the agency, the 29-year-old plumber tied up his son and burned him with a hot iron, inflicting injuries all over his body.
NAPTIP, in a statement, said the suspect was arrested in Kuje, a satellite town in Abuja where the incident occurred.
“He (Ategho) brutalised his seven-year-old son and used pressing iron on him. The boy’s offence? He ate the food kept for the father and on return from work, the 29-year-old plumber became angry with the little boy, brutalised him, took a hot iron and pressed it on different parts of his body, thereby causing him grievous bodily injuries.
“This is child abuse and NAPTIP condemns it totally,” the statement read partly.
