Man flees after allegedly abusing children in Lagos
Police
Abdullateef Fowewe
A suspect identified as Kadiri Yusuf, has fled after allegedly beating and injuring his two children, aged 11 and 13, in the Agege area of Lagos State.
The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed that the suspect assaulted his children on Friday at around 5:00 p.m.
Hundeyin said the head teacher of a primary school in the community lodged a complaint at the police station.
He said, “The headteacher of a primary school in Orile Agege reported at Elere Division that one of her pupils, an 11-year-old girl, informed her that her father had beaten her and her 13-year-old brother, causing them bodily harm.”
Hundeyin confirmed that both victims have been retrieved, treated, and handed over to their maternal aunt for safe custody.
He noted that efforts to apprehend the fleeing father were ongoing and that an investigation was in progress.
