Imo: Dad breaks his 2-month-old son’s arm with a hanger for disrupting his sleep, leading to amputation

One Mr Confidence Amatobi has been called out by the National Human Commission (NHRC) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Imo state chapter reportedly for violent attacking his 2-month-old baby boy, whose name is Miracle.

The comissions have called on the Imo State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to immediately arrest and prosecute him.

Mr Amatobi was said to have attacked little Miracle with a plastic hanger and broke the infant’s arm for disrupting  his sleep.

NAWOJ, NHRC and the anguished mother of baby Miracle, ask for justice in Owerri the Imo State Capital.

Dr Dorothy Nnaji, Chairperson of NAWOJ, Imo State as spoke to in a news conference after visiting the amputated miracle at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri, verify that the injury caused  by the 31-year-old father, who is a native of Amurie in Isu LGA of lmo state, wich lead to the amputation of the little boy’s right hand.

Mrs Nnaji who glared at the wicked brutal act of Mr Amatobi revealed the shock that a father could attack his innocent little infant simply because he was crying and disrupting  his sleep.

She revealed that Mr Amatobi was disclosed to have frequently flog the baby with a plastic hanger to stop him from crying until the right hand get broke.

Mrs Nnaji said

“The perpetrator, Mr. Confidence Amatobi, who hails from Amurie in Isu L.G.A  used a plastic hanger on the baby, simply because he was crying that the mother left to ease herself. He used wood and elastic bands to tie the baby’s hand when he saw that hand was broken and swollen”