A man flogged his two months old baby's hand with a plastic hanger, simply because he was disturbing his sleep.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) have urged the Imo State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to arrest and prosecute one Mr Confidence Amatobi for allegedly assaulting his 2-month-old baby, Miracle.
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Mr Amatobi is accused of assaulting Miracle with a plastic hanger and breaking the baby's arm for disturbing his sleep.
The fractured arm was amputated at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Owerri's Pediatrics ward, as a result of the incident.
The NAWOJ, the NHRC, and the mother of baby Miracle made a call for justice in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Dr Dorothy Nnaji, Imo State Chairperson of NAWOJ, confirmed to newsmen after visiting the amputated boy at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri that the injury inflicted by the 31-year-old father, a native of Amurie in the state's Isu LGA, resulted in the amputation of the little boy's right hand.
Mrs Nnaji, who frowned at Mr Amatobi's heinous cruelty, expressed surprise that a father could assault his innocent child simply because he was crying and disturbing his sleep.
She revealed that Mr Amatobi was accused of repeatedly hitting the baby with a plastic hanger to stop him crying until his right hand broke.
“The perpetrator, Mr. Confidence Amatobi, who hails from Amurie in Isu L.G.A used a plastic hanger on the baby, simply because he was crying that the 20-year-old mother left to ease herself. He used wood and elastic bands to tie the baby’s hand when he saw that hand was broken and swollen,” Mrs Nnaji said.
“He locked the mother and baby to prevent her from talking to neighbours or seeking help. He also took her phone from her. After two days she found her way out and sought help from her neighbours. The guy was arrested by a vigilante but he escaped. By the time help came, the baby’s hand was already decayed. The only option was to cut off baby Miracle’s right hand from shoulder,”
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