A secondary school student in Oshodi area of
Lagos threw decorum to
the wind yesterday, when he stabbed his father
in the right eye for failing to
buy him Christmas clothes.
The boy, a Senior Secondary School (SSS3)
student, who was identified
simply as Ikechi, was said to have held his
father, Anthony, hostage for some
minutes in their apartment on Arowojobe Street,
Osodi, before committing
the dastardly act, because the man failed to
buy him Christmas clothes.
According to family members, Anthony was said
to have explained to Ikechi that he had only
“small money” which barely paid for the
Christmas clothes of his three siblings, but all
appeals made by his father fell on deaf ears.
Ikechi’s cousin, Ukachukwu, revealed that Ikechi
was so livid that he
quarrelled with his father through the night,
insisting that he must get his
Christmas clothes, because he wanted to wear it
to the birthday of a friend
at one of the beaches along the Victoria Island-
Epe Expressway, on Sunday.
According to Ukachukwu, when Anthony, who
works as a guard in a hotel, wanted to leave for
work, his son would not let him leave.
up with his complaints, the man got his belt and
began to flog the boy.
“As his father continued flogging him, Ikechi
reached for a knife and
stabbed him straight in the eye. Upon seeing
the horror of his deed, Ikechi
took his heels.
“When I wanted to run off to the police station
to report the issue to the
police, his mother begged me not to, as it will
‘involve more expenses.”
Anthony, who was rushed to the hospital right
away is under intensive care, while family
members are praying for him to see properly
with the eye again.
“But I doubt if he will still see with that eye
again,” Ukachukwu said.
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