A 13-year-old secondary school student in Lagos State, Moses Amosu, narrowly escaped death after he was tortured for two days by his mother’s landlord and two others in Asipa, Badagry Local Government Area of the state.
Worse still, his mother who would’ve treated his fractured hands after the ugly incident, allegedly locked him up in the house for three weeks without treatment, reports Vanguard.
The incident took place in November 2023, after his mother claimed that the teenager was disobedient and handed him over to her landlord, Kamoru Fasasi and others for punishment.
It was learned that the teenager was tied to a tree for several hours, resulting in serious injuries and bone fractures on both arms.
After the torture, his mother allegedly kept him in the room for three weeks until he escaped on December 24, 2023, to his grandmother’s house.
The distraught teenager while speaking with our correspondent confirmed that he was tortured on his mother’s order for insisting on going to meet his father.
Moses said: “When I insisted that I was going to my father, my mother handed me over to our landlord to discipline me. There were three of them that beat me: Kamoru Fasasi, Rosko, and Arabanbi. They tied me and hanged me from a tree after. The first day of the beating, they took me inside, covered me with cloth and nylon, and placed stones on it so that I would not escape.
“The beating continued the second day as they were pouring dry gin on me. My mother took me to a nurse after a few days, who gave me injections. As my wounded hand began to swell, the nurse then decided to cut it open. My mother then took me home and locked me inside the room until my hand began to decay. I escaped the day my mother forgot to lock the door.”
An aunt to the teenager, Ruth Amosu also told our correspondent that she couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw her nephew’s body.
On her part, Moses’ mother, Olorunwa Yenukunme said: “Moses doesn’t stay at home, he leaves for days or even weeks. I have to search for him in the neighbourhood before he comes home. The landlord has disciplined him several times. Prior to this incident, he ran away from home twice.
“I handed him over for punishment and he was tied up and beaten, resulting in injuries. I took him to a nurse for treatment, but the wound didn’t heal. I was afraid of what people would say, so I kept him inside until he escaped.”
Efforts to speak with the landlord were unsuccessful as he declined the journalist’s requests for an interview.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, did not answer his calls, or did he respond to text messages sent to him.
