Man beats 2-year-old son to death

Mobs Monday attempted to burn down the house of a man in Ejigbo area of Lagos
who allegedly killed his two year old son and buried him secretly.
It was gathered that the man whose wife abandoned their child with due to his
problematic nature was said to have beaten the boy to death over his constant cry
for food.
It was gathered that the incident occurred at Fashola Street, Ejigbo, where the man
resides with his late son.
The police in Ejigbo have also begun a manhunt for a man who was said to have
escaped after the alleged killing which occurred on friday morning.
Sources told The Nation that the suspect identified as Oni Mama reportedly beat
his son Deji his to death because he was crying and running after him for food in
the morning as he was about to leave home for work.
It was gathered that the suspect who was already frustrated with taking care of the
boy started beating him until he passed out.
When he noticed that the boy was dead, he put him in a sack and buried him
secretly at an undisclosed location in the area.
The suspect was living alone with the victim because the mother abandoned him
after she had a quarrel with her husband. She went to marry another man.
Since then, Oni Mama has been finding it difficult to cope with taking care of the
boy and at the same time going to work everyday.
The neighbours who saw what happened went to the Ejigbo Police Station and
reported the incident.
But before the police arrived at the house to arrest Oni Mama, he escaped with
his motorcycle and has not returned home since then.
Neighbours said when the police could not arrest him, some tenants were quizzed
and asked to make statements before they were released.
One of the tenants who did not want her name mentioned, blamed the incident on
the mother of the boy who abandoned the boy.
“Since the boy’s mother left him, the father has been finding difficult to cope with
the boy and he was always beating the boy until he killed him,” she said.
Another female tenant also said they warned him that he could kill the boy one
day the way he was beating him.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ejigbo Police Station, was not on seat to
confirm the incident.
However, police sources at the station confirmed the incident and said
investigations is ongoing and that the police is making effort to arrest the suspect.