[PHOTO] 10-Year-Old Boy Set Ablaze By Brother’s Nursing Wife In Ikorodu

The Lagos State government has taken into custody a 10-year-old boy, identified as Chimobi, after his brother’s wife, Gift Igwe, allegedly set him ablaze at their home on Adenugba Street, Agunfoye, Ikorodu.

Sources allege that his offense was that he misplaced his trousers and could not produce them when Gift demanded them from him.

Residents of the community, who heard the cry of the victim, put out the fire, as he reportedly passed out. He was subsequently rushed to General Hospital, Ikorodu.

Policemen from the Igbogbo division were said to have arrested the suspect.

Officials of the Office of the Public Defender, who monitored the victim’s treatment, took him into custody.

A source divulged that the child was brought to Lagos in 2016 by the brother to start living with his family and said since then, Gift had been abusing Chimobi, adding that matter came to a head when she set him ablaze that Wednesday.