UPDATED: Father beats 6 year old son to death in Port Harcourt

The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended the father of a little boy, Mr Richard Olunwa ,who was allegedly beaten to death, at Amadi Ama in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area.

Our source disclosed that the 6 year old boy was reportedly beaten to death by his father from Friday night till 1am Saturday morning for allegedly stealing N3,200.

The little boy was found lifeless on Saturday,  when his father tried to wake him up to run errand for his stepmother.

The little boy’s pregnant stepmother was also arrested by the police.

 

According to Sir George who shared the news on Instagram he wrote;

‘What a cruel world. This week Tuesday, between the hours of 8 to 9 am. I saw crowd of people around my vicinity gathered this little boy, so I stopped by and inquired what happened. They told me this little boy on his way to school, stole doughnut from a shop. The people whom he stole the doughnut even gave him more of it and mineral and asked him to go. ‘

They all claimed that his father and stepmum have the habit of starving and beating him to stupor on daily basis. I saw so many scars on his body.I took the boy to my house, interviewed him, and he told me so many things. How he has been suffering since his mother left his father.

I gave him some biscuits, asked him to come and eat at my place anytime and promised to see his father this week before he left for school just to wake up this morning with shouting that his father has beaten him to death. His father has finally killed him. This happened in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.