Father brutalises 4-year old son, abandons him at Yaba bus station

One Sikiru Mustapha, has been arrested for brutalizing his four-year-old son, Lekan and abandoning him at a bus station in the Iwaya area of Yaba.

Punch newspaper reports that the boy was found by a neighbour at the bus station with scars of the torture on his body.

Lekan was reportedly handed over to a non-governmental organization in the area, which took him to the Sabo Police Division. The police subsequently arrested the father.


A resident of the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the newspaper that Lekan’s mother had been sent away by Sikiru, and he had married a new wife. She said, “Lekan has a long history of torture from his father. He is poorly taken care of, beaten and left to wander in the area. As young as he is, the father beats him without mercy.

On Tuesday, he was beaten up as usual. But this time, he was abandoned at a bus station.

“One of the residents of this area found him and took him to an NGO. He was then taken to the Sabo Police Division, and the police arrested the father. “Sikiru has a new wife who is a nursing mother. She should have cautioned her husband against maltreating the boy, but she did not.”

Lekan is now recuperating in a hospital in the Surulere area.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident. He added that the suspect had been taken to court.

He said, “We arrested the suspect for maltreating his son. “He has been taken to court in company with some personnel from the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.”