Man brutalizes his 5 year old daughter in Lagos (photos)

man named Sukurat Idowu, 45, has been arrested by the
Lagos state police for brutalizing his 5 year old daughter at
their home in Ikotun.
The man, who works as a road side mechanic assaulted the
little girl named Monsurat by beating her with hot iron and
causing serious body injury...
The suspect is currently being held by the command for the
offence of child abuse. He was arrested after a concerned
neighbour who witnessed the battery reported the case at
Ikotun division.
The neighbour narrated to the police how the suspect sent
the victim to go and dispose of the content of a potty in the
latrine and the child fell into the gutter, an occurrence which
infuriated the father and made him to beat her mercilessly
with a hot iron.
The suspect was subsequently arrested and the victim
rescued. She is currently undergoing treatment in the hospital
while the suspect is undergoing interrogation with the gender
unit of the command.
Effort is on to trace the mother of the victim who has been
separated from the father since she was two years.