A Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has granted bail to a 30-year-old man, who was caught on camera forcing his 3-year-old daughter to eat her own feces.
Chief Magistrate John Enyindah granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 and a surety who must be a resident of Port Harcourt.
The accused father, Francis Silas, who force-fed his daughter, Happiness to eat her own feces as punishment, was arrested by the police in Rivers State, on December 30, 2019, after the video went viral.
Francis Silas was brought to court by the International Federation of Women Lawyers in the state and is facing three counts bordering on child abuse and battery.
The judge has however adjourned the case to February 3, 2020, for hearing.
