Evil Mechanic Burns Daughter Face And Private Part With Iron-Photo

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Surakat Idowu, for
allegedly brutalising his five-year-old daughter with a hot iron in
the Ikotun area of the state.
PUNCH Metro learnt that 45-year-old Idowu, who separated from his wife
in 2013, allegedly tortured the girl with an iron in the face and in
the private parts on Monday.
Our correspondent gathered that the girl, who stayed with her father
on Kayode Toyeso Street, Liasu Road, in the Ikotun area, had been
asked by her father to dispose faeces in a potty into the latrine, but
she poured it on the floor.
It was learnt that Idowu, who worked as an auto mechanic, got a hot
iron and allegedly battered the girl's body.
Our correspondent was told that a neighbour, who witnessed the
incident, reported at the Ikotun Police Division and the suspect was
arrested.
The victim, who is said to be in a nursery school, was reportedly
blinded by the burns she suffered on the face, while her private parts
were swollen.
A neighbour, identified only as Basirat, said the girl slipped while
going to pour the faeces into the latrine.
She said, "The mechanic had a quarrel with his wife and divorced her
in 2013 when the girl was just two years old. On that Monday, he asked
her to go and dispose of her faeces in a potty in a latrine at the
backyard of the house. But the area was slippery and the girl fell,
splashing the faeces on the floor.
"The father became angry and got a hot iron. He began to beat her with
the hot surface of the iron until the girl's face became swollen. We
tried to caution him, but he would not listen. That was how the matter
got to the police."
It was learnt that the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni,
had directed that the case be transferred from the Ikotun Police
Division to the Gender Unit at the command headquarters, Ikeja.
A police source told PUNCH Metro that efforts were on to locate the
mother of the victim after two years of separation from Idowu.