Man beats 5-year-old son to death for misplacing his Bet slip

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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.”

The suspect further said that the economy condition of Nigeria pushed him into bet playing since he has the responsibility of family to cater for.
He added that the misplaced money has been planned to take care of some expenses at home but on discovery that it has gone missing he went wild.

“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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