A man has been on the run for the past seven days for a crime against his own blood. A thirty-four year old driver whose name ( withheld ) allegedly flogged his five-year old daughter to death.
The unpleasant incident happened on the 27th January in Warri, South Local Government of Delta State.
Information reaching us claims that the culprit is still on the run. It was gathered that Bethel, the victim had gone to visit her single mother at No 22 Numa Mejeyi Street, Iyara, Warri South Local Government after having been separated from her father a source claimed;
“Bethel was a kindergarten pupil of Holy Cross Schools, Warri. That day when she left school, she went to her mother’s house instead of her father’s.
“On getting home, her father flogged her. We pleaded for her but he refused.She died the next day at the Warri Central Hospital. Her father took her body to the mortuary and disappeared.”
Bethel’s mother Esther Uremure alleged that her estranged husband was responsible for their daughter’s death”.
Her words: “I was not home that day when she came. It was someone who called me that my child was around, but before I rushed back her aunty had taken her back home.
“Later that day, they told me that my child was not feeling well that she was in the hospital.
“I informed some members of Iyara community about the situation. But before I got to the hospital, I was told my daughter had died and that her father had disappeared.
“Please help me find him. Let him at least come to tell me what exactly happened.”
Police spokesman Charles Muka confirmed the incident. He acknowledged that the suspect was still at large.
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