A 38-year-old man identified as Bamidele Olajide has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for beating his 5-year-old son to death over misplacement of bet9ja ticket.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the incident happened during the week when the suspect’s son identified as Emmanuel Olajide misplaced his Bet9ja ticket in which he’d won a certain amount of money.
Confessing to the tragic incident, Bamidele Olajide disclosed that “It wasn’t intentional, I only beat him out of annoyance for throwing away the ticket, it when l was beating him he ran outside and fell from the stair case before hitting his head on the ground.”
“I really regret my actions and I wish l never did”, Olajide fumed.
CSP Ayoola Badmus disclosed that the suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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