Posted on: 03:54 Wed, 09 Apr 2014



The police at Ejigbo division have begun a manhunt for a man
who allegedly beat his 2-year old son to death and buried him
secretly in Lagos, western Nigeria.

The suspect identified as Oni Mama reportedly beat Deji to
death while the boy was crying and running after him in the
morning.

The incident happened at 5 Fashola Street, Ejigbo, Lagos,
where the suspect resides.
P.M.NEWS learnt after the boy died in the presence of the
neighbours, his father packed the body into a sack and buried
him secretly at an undisclosed location in the area.

The suspect was living alone with the victim because the
mother abandoned him after she had a quarrel with her
husband. She went to marry another man.

Since then, Oni Mama has been finding it difficult to cope
with taking care of the boy and at the same time going to work
everyday.

The neigbours who saw what happened went to the Ejigbo
Police Station and reported the incident.
Before the police arrived at the house to arrest Oni Mama, he
had escaped on his motorcycle and since then he had not
returned home.

When P.M.NEWS visited the house where the incident
happened, the tenants confirmed the incident and said Oni
Mama escaped when police came to arrest him.

According to the neighbours, when the police could not arrest
him, some tenants were quizzed and asked to make statements
before they were released.
One of the tenants who did not want her name mentioned,
blamed the incident on the mother of the boy who abandoned
the boy.

Since the boy’s mother left him, the father has been finding
difficult to cope with the boy and he was always beating the
boy until he killed him,” she said.
Another female tenant also said they warned him that he
could kill the boy one day the way he was beating him.

When our reporter went to Ejigbo Police Station, the DPO was
not around to confirm the incident.

However, sources at the station confirmed the incident and
told our reporter that the police have commenced