Remember the graphic pictures about the toddler who was manhandled by his step mum? She reportedly cut his tongue, his privates and broke his limbs.
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The update on the story is that there were actually two step mothers involved in the act.
They were both arrested at the Rimin-Gado local government area of Kano State for allegedly breaking their 20-month-old stepson's legs and hands as well as causing injuries to his tongue and private part.
Daily Trust reports that the baby who was taken by his father from the mother after they were divorced, was returned and handed over to one of his stepmothers, but he was there for just 28 days when this was meted on him.
Narrating how her child was 'mutilated', the boy's mother, Bilkisu Osama, said her son had been staying with her after she was divorced by the father but when she intended to get married, the father insisted she must give him back his son.
She said, "I gave him back his son but 28 days after, he came to inform us that the child was ill. When my aunty went to see him, she found his ears oozing out blood and she rushed him to the hospital for medication after which he was further taken back to the father's house.
Again, the next day, we were further informed that the child's eyes were also affected and on reaching there, it looked like the eyes were pierced with a sharp object. Thus continued the mutilation because after that, it was both his two legs and two hands that were fractured."
She said her son's tongue, teeth and testicles had not been spared. "As this was happening, the father did not care to investigate what was happening and even now he is taking side with his wives," she said.
Musa is currently admitted at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist hospital where he is undergoing surgeries to save his life.
When contacted, the police spokesman, SP Musa Majia confirmed the story, saying the suspects were already in police custody.
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