Photo Of Father And Son
For not
having money to buy his son a Christmas cloth, a Lagos based middle aged
father, Anthony is now nursing an eye injury.
Leadership
reports that the boy, a secondary school student, Ikechi, threw caution to the
wind on Thursday and stabbed his father in the right eye for failing to buy him
Christmas clothes.
Earlier
then, he had locked up his father for some minutes in their apartment on
Arowojobe Street, Osodi.
Family
members who witnessed the act said Anthony had explained to Ikechi that he had
only “small money” which barely paid for the Christmas clothes of his three
siblings, but all appeals made by his father fell on deaf ears.
Ikechi’s
cousin, Ukachukwu, revealed that Ikechi was so livid that he quarreled with his
father through the night, insisting that he must get his Christmas clothes,
because he wanted to wear it to the birthday of a friend at one of the beaches
along the Victoria Island-Epe Expressway, on Sunday.
According to
Ukachukwu, when Anthony, who works as a guard in a hotel, wanted to leave for
work, his son would not let him leave.
“He accused
his father of hating him and, fed up with his complaints, the man got his belt
and began to flog the boy.
“As his
father continued flogging him, Ikechi reached for a knife and stabbed him
straight in the eye. Upon seeing the horror of his deed, Ikechi took his heels.
“When I
wanted to run off to the police station to report the issue to the police, his
mother begged me not to, as it will ‘involve more expenses.”
Anthony, who
was rushed to the hospital right away, is under intensive care, while family
members are praying for him to see properly with the eye again.
“But I doubt
if he will still see with that eye again,” Ukachukwu said.
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