Carpenter beats son to death with belt

 

Thirty nine-year-old Emmanuel Edet has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s court for allegedly beating his 12-year-old child, Samuel, to death.

Emmanuel was said to have beaten Samuel with a belt.

He was said to have been provoked after being told that his son, who he had asked to learn carpentry work, had not been showing up at the workshop.

Samuel’s boss was said to have reported to Emmanuel that his son was in the habit of going to swim at the beach.

It was learnt that around 10pm, the father in a bid to correct him, began lashing Samuel with the belt, while his pregnant mother reportedly locked the gate to prevent him from running away while the punishment lasted.

The police told the court that the boy fell down, hit his head against the floor and died before he could get medical attention.

A security man within the neighbourhood, who observed when the parents were carrying him into a van, alerted the police who then arrested the couple.

It was learnt that the six-month-old pregnant mother was released as the police said  she had no hand in the death of the child.