A man, Kadiri Yusuf, accused of abusing two of his children has fled.
According to available information, he fled after beating and injuring the aged 11 and 13 children in the Agege area of Lagos State.
The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Saturday in Lagos.
The Superintendent of Police said the suspect assaulted his children on Friday at 5pm.
Hundeyin said that a concerned member of the public lodged a complaint at the police station.
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The Police Public Relations Officer said: “The head teacher of a primary school in Orile Agege reported at Elere Division that one of her pupils, a female, 11, reported to her that her father beat her and her elder brother, 13, causing them bodily injury.”
The police image maker said that both victims have been retrieved, treated and handed over to their mother’s sister for safe custody.
Hundeyin said that efforts to apprehend the fleeing father were in top gear.
According to the spokesperson, an investigation is in progress.
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