Man Arrested For Assaulting 11-Year-Old Son Over Inability To Recite Quran

Its spokesperson, Mrs Joke Ladenegan-Oginni stated on Saturday in Lagos that the man had been detained at Meiran Division of the Nigeria Police Force.

The assault on the 11-year-old went viral in social media as his body showed welts received from belt whips leading to excessive bleeding.

Ladenegan-Oginni stated that DSVA received the report from concerned citizen on repeated assaults on the child.