Lagos police are searching for a 48-year-old man, Kadiri Yusuf, also known as Alado, for allegedly assaulting his two children in the Orile Agege area.
The suspect is accused of causing serious bodily harm to his children, aged 11 and 13.
According to NAN’s City and Crime, the incident was brought to the police’s attention by one of the children’s teachers.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the report, stating that at around 5 p.m. on Friday, October 18, the head teacher of a primary school in Orile Agege reported the matter.
Earlier that day, around 7 a.m., she had noticed one of her pupils had injuries all over her body
Hundeyin said the teacher further claimed that upon inquiry, the little girl of about 11 years, confided in her how her father, one Kadiri Yusuf alias Alado, used to beat her.
He said: “The little girl also confided in her teacher that her father also beat up her elder brother whose age was also put at 13. The victims have been retrieved and treated.
“They have also been handed over to their sister for safe custody. The suspect fled from home before the arrival of the police. Efforts are on to apprehend him.”