Man Tortures 10-year-old Son To Death Over Stubbornness

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Rabiu Yusuf, 43, has confesses that he allegedly tortured his 10-year-old son to death due to his stubbornness.

He made the confession to journalists on Monday, while being paraded alongside other suspects at the Bauchi State Police Command headquarters in Bauchi.

Yusuf, however said he never knew his actions would lead to the boy's death but added that he got furious with the deceased when he ran away from his house to stay with his mother whom he had divorced.

Speaking to journalists, he said he had ordered the boy to return home but he refused, which forced him to chain the boy in a room after he dragged him home to prevent him from running away again.

Yusuf said:

“Trouble started when I divorced his mother and married another wife. My son, Aliyu, followed his mother to her new home and I was not in support of the arrangement.

“I called Aliyu several times to come back home because I want him to be in my custody as his father, but he refused, so I went to the mother’s home in annoyance and brought him back home.When I brought him back to my house, I chained him and locked him up inside the room, so that he did not escape and go back to his mother, but unfortunately he died."

 However, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Haruna Mohammed, informed that Yusuf conspired with one Ismail Idris to kill the deceased.

According to the police spokesman, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Yusuf chained and detained the boy for a period of 10 days, but he later fell sick as a result of the ill-treatment meted to him by his father. He added that the boy was taken to Rimi Clinic in Bauchi, where he died while receiving treatment.