A
Nigerian father has been arrested after he allegedly padlocked his son's mouth
shut to stop him screaming while he battered him to death.
Chris
Elvis, 30, allegedly accused four-year-old Godrich of being an 'Ogbanje' or
'child of evil' and blamed him for his bad luck in recent days.
The
security guard beat his son, burned him all over his body with a hot iron and
then locked him in a plastic drum, according to court documents.
The
child's mother called police after returning from the market to find her son's
horrific death.
Elvis
tried to act mentally ill when he was arrested, but the authorities said his
condition was normal, according to International Business Times.
He
is being held in custody after being charged with murder.
The
charge sheet reads: 'That you, Chris Elvis, on February 10, 2014, about 5pm at
7, Adetola Adelaja street, Meiran Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did
unlawfully kill one Godrich Elvis, aged four years by using hot pressing iron
to burn him all over his body and putting him inside a plastic drum and locked
the drum with padlock and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section
221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.'
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