Saturday, July 13, 2024 -A yet-to-be-identified woman and her son, known only as Chukwuemeka, have allegedly beaten a 14-year-old boy named Testimony to death at their home on Delta Street, Ayanre, off Ibiye bus stop, Badagry, Lagos.
Our correspondent gathered that the deceased
was reportedly beaten for allegedly misplacing N1,000 note given to him by one
of the suspects to buy items at the market.
Multiple sources who spoke with our
correspondent said that the deceased teenager was allegedly beaten for several
hours starting at 11 pm on Wednesday, before succumbing to his injuries around
1 am on Thursday.
One of the neighbours who spoke with our
correspondent on Friday said, “This young boy was beaten to death by his
guardians, who were not his biological parents. The neighbours tried to
intervene, but the doors were locked from the inside.
“Around 6 am this morning (Thursday), he (the deceased)
wasn’t responding to his name, so they rushed him to a nearby hospital. The
hospital didn’t have oxygen therapy, so they brought him back home, which
aggravated the boy’s condition.
“The woman then called her prayer partners
in the church to start praying for miracles to happen before the boy finally
gave up the ghost. The police came exactly around 5.10 pm on Thursday to pick
up the woman, who was the main suspect in the brutalities shown to the
deceased.”
Meanwhile, Benjamin Hundeyin, the
spokesperson for the state police command, said he could not confirm the
incident when our correspondent inquired about it.
“I cannot confirm that now,” Hundeyin wrote
in response to our correspondent inquiry on Friday.
However, a one-minute and 32-second video
shared with our correspondent by another eyewitness, who chose to remain
anonymous due to the sensitivity of the matter, showed the lifeless body of the
boy with severe bruises, covered with a cloth in the apartment.
One of the men suspected to be behind the
camera was heard saying, “This is the dead boy with bruises,” while others were
screaming in disbelief.
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