Father Stabs His 11-year-old Son on His Neck in Ogun State

A heartless father allegedly stabbed his son on the neck in a bush along Siun-Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway but the boy survived after pretending to be dead.

• A father (name not yet ascertained) was reported to have stabbed his son, Favour Oyediran on Sunday, after he lured him into the bush near the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate along Siun-Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway.

The victim was living with his father, his stepmother and her two children at Abule Agbon, located between Kobape and Abeokuta.

After being stabbed by his father, the 11 years old reportedly pretended to be dead before his father abandoned him in the bush.

Favour crawled out of the bush and he was  been rescued by a good Samaritan, who took him to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.

A source, who pleaded anonymity, said Favour’s father always maltreated him, adding that his father allegedly claimed that the son embarrassed him “too often by reporting him to the Baale each time he is assaulted by father.”

Punch correspondent paid a visit to the Children’s Ward at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba, Abeokuta on Monday, and it was confirmed that Favour was on admission in the hospital.