UPDATE: Woman Burns Son’s Face and Stabs Him in the Head For Stealing Soup

A 25 year old petty trader has been arrested by police in Ibeju Lekki
for allegedly burning her 6 year old son's face for going into their
neighbour's home and licking their soup.

Not only did Sakirat Attah burn her son's face with hot iron after the
neighbour reported her son to her, she also used a broken bottle to
stab young Daniel in the head. You can see the photo above. How you
can do this to your own child is beyond me.

Sakirat took her son into their one room apartment after finding out
what he did, locked the door, lit a stove, put an iron spoon on it to
get hot and used it to burn his face and hands as punishment. And when
that wasn't enough, she broke a bottle and stabbed him in the head,
leaving a deep cut. Daniel later told police he stole the soup because
he was hungry.

Neighbours who heard the little boy screaming for help entered the
room and rescued him from the mother. They rushed him to the hospital
and called the police on the mum.

Shakirat Attah has been charged before an Igbosere Magistrate's Court
in Lagos on a one count charge of assaulting a minor occasioning
bodily harm. She's currently in Kirikiri Prison, pending when she
fulfills her bail conditions. I hope they take this child away from
her.