This is the story of a man who beat his sick son to death because he defecated on the bed. The man, Ikechukwu Okoro who lives with his only son woke up by 4.30 am on September 13, 2013 to discover that the sick boy had defecated on the bed. In anger, he picked a cane and flogged him mercilessly until the boy gave up the ghost. Not knowing what to do afterwards, he picked up the dead boy and headed to a nearby clinic where he was confirmed dead.

Ikechukwu, who confessed at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), revealed that everything happened in a fit of anger.  He said that it was out of annoyance that he flogged his son, Chinedu to death. The boy had been sick for some time. He woke up around 4.30am that fateful day and discovered that Chinedu had defecated on his mattress, where they were sleeping together.

He went outside to look for a stick to flog him, just like any other normal father would have done to his recalcitrant child. He found a bitter leaf stick and used it to flog him twice.  I didn’t know that it could lead to his death.

Ikechukwu Okoro who hails from Isieta Amanato, in Isu Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, explained that his wife, Uchechi abandoned him in 2009 with Chinedu, his only son who is now deceased.

He blamed Satan for the misfortune, saying that Satan used him. He rushed him to a nearby clinic around his area, and the doctor took them to another hospital, where the child was confirmed dead.