A two months old baby” right hand has been amputated, following grave assault by his father.
The baby, Miracle, was left with broken hand after his father, one Confidence Amatobi, 31 year old, allegedly beat and broke his son’s arm with a plastic hanger for disturbing his sleep.
According to reports, Amatobi was said to be sleeping when Miracle was crying and to stop him the father decided to beat the baby with a plastic hanger which broke the baby’s right arm then refused the mother from seeking medical assistance.
Our Correspondent gathered that he also locked both mother ans son for two days.
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When the mother finally found a way, she sought for help but Miracle’s arm had already begun to decay. Doctors recommended the arm be amputated.
The amputation of the fractured arm took place at the Pediatrics ward of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Owerri.
Meanwhile,the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Imo State chapter and National Human Right Commission, NHRC, has asked the Imo State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to commence prosecution of Amatobi, for allegedly assaulting his 2-month-old baby, Miracle.
Imo State Chairperson of NAWOJ, Dr Dorothy Nnaji, who spoke to journalists after visiting the amputated boy at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owerri, confirmed that the injury inflicted by the 31-year-old father, a native of Amurie in Isu LGA of the state, led to the amputation of the little boy’s right hand.
Nnaji, who frowned at the dastardly act of Amatobi, expressed shock that a father could assault his innocent child simply because he was crying and disturbing his sleep.
She disclosed that Amatobi was reported to have repeatedly hit the baby with a plastic hanger to stop him from crying until the right hand broke.
“The perpetrator, Confidence Amatobi, who hails from Amurie in Isu L.G.A used a plastic hanger on the baby, simply because he was crying that the 20-year-old mother left to ease herself. He used wood and elastic bands to tie the baby’s hand when he saw that the hand was broken and swollen,” Dr. Nnaji said.
“He locked the mother and baby to prevent her from talking to neighbours or seeking help. He also took her phone from her. After two days she found her way out and sought help from her neighbours. The guy was arrested by a vigilante but he escaped. By the time help came, the baby’s hand was already decayed. The only option was to cut off baby Miracle’s right hand from the shoulder.”
