A woman has been arrested after she allegedly beat her stepson with a pestle, breaking his lap bone.
The incident was shared by a neighbour on X.
According to the neighbour, the 3-year-old victim, named Kaitochikwu, was heard crying and a neighbour broke into their flat to find that the boy was unable to stand and his leg was “dangling”.
He was quickly taken to a hospital by the neighbour and was later transferred to an orthopaedic hospital in Enugu.
When his father got to the hospital and asked what happened, the boy said it was his stepmother who beat him.
An X-ray showed that a bone in his thigh was broken during the assault.
The woman has now been arrested after the story was shared online.
