{UAH} Outrageous! Woman Beats Foster Child to Death for Allegedly Stealing 50Naira

Outrageous! Woman Beats Foster Child to Death for Allegedly Stealing 50Naira 

In Law & Policy by Africa Music Law™August 8, 20120 Comments

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This story made my heart bleed. .  .

"The woman (above) was stripped naked and made to carry the corpse of the dead boy (to the left) around her area. The sad incident happened on Sunday on Amosu Street, Ijegun, in Lagos.

The woman known locally as Iya Anu beat her 16 year old foster son, Seubow, to death for allegedly stealing N50. Seybow was Iya Anu's husband's nephew.

According to neighbours, trouble started after Seubow lost the N1,000 given to him by Iya Anu to run an errand for her some days back. Angered by the loss which she claimed was theft, the woman refused to feed Seubow for over four days. When the teenager couldn't take the hunger anymore, he sneaked out to buy gala one night. When Iya Anu found out, she accused him of stealing her N50 and beat him up, using a rod. She battered him for days until he gave the ghost on Sunday afternoon.

After his death, neighbours rounded the woman up and made her carry the boy's corpse to the police station. . . " – Linda Ikeji

There are several websites along with Linda Ikeji's reporting this very tragic story.

Spanking a child, even in Nigerian society, is distinct from beating a child to the point of killing that child. This is a very tragic and outrageous case. It also calls into question Nigeria's Child Abuse Laws & Its Juvenile Dependency system that helps curtail these kinds of abuses. What are the provisions that are in place to help remove children from such abusive environments?

In May of 2012, The Vanguard had the following to report in a story titled Child abuse: The story of the Nigerian child.

"In 2003, Nigeria adopted the Child Rights Law. It is to domesticate the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Although this law was passed at the federal level, it is only effective if the State Assembly enacts it. Till date, only 16 out of the country's 36 States have passed the Act.

Intense advocacy continues for the remaining states. This explains that the landmark in achievement of the legislative arm of government has not yet translated into improved legal protection throughout the federation.  Children are abused physically, mentally, sexually, psychologically and morally on daily basis.

Some who are of school age are on the streets hawking.  Most of them live on the streets and become  hoodlums tomorrow. Others are sent out for prostitution, child labour even at an early age.  Some of these children are even used for rituals nowadays.

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Gwokto La'Kitgum

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