The Niger state police command has arrested a dad named Abubakar Mohammed for chaining and locking his 10-year-old son, Mohammed, in a house for allegedly absconding from school and keeping late nights.
According to Daily Trust, the dad in his confessional statement said he took the move as a way of curbing the son’s irresponsible attitude.
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Narrating how he was chained, he said he woke him up for early morning prayers one day but he refused to show up adding that it took a frantic search before he was located.
His words:
“We looked for him everywhere but couldn’t find him. In fact, he apparently did not sleep at home; so I went to where they normally hang out with his friends and saw him sleeping. .
I took him home and decided to use chain to prevent him from going anywhere until I returned from a naming ceremony but when I got back, I learnt some people from the human rights have taken him.”
