Man burns eye, private part of five-year-old daughter with hot iron
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Idowu carried out the incident in the Ikotun area ”Žof Lagos State on Monday after he asked the ”Žvictim to empty”Ž faeces into the toilet but she accidentally poured it on the ground.The five-year-old lost her eye while her private part is now swollen due to the burn.The incident was reported at the Ikotun Police ”ŽStation and the suspect who separated from his wife in 2013, was arrested.Recounting the incident, a neighbour, identified simply as Basirat, said the girl slipped while going to dispose of the faeces.Basirat said, “The mechanic had a quarrel with his wife and divorced her in 2013 when the girl was just two years old. On thatMonday, he asked her to go and dispose of her faeces in a potty in a latrine at the backyard of the house. But the area was slippery and the girl fell, splashing the faeces on the floor.“The father became angry and got a hot iron. He began to beat her with the hot surface of the iron until the girl’s face became swollen. We tried to caution him, but he would not listen. That was how the matter got to the police.”The incident was confirmed by the state Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni.Discover more from NewsBreakers
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