Bar owner Sets His 13-Year Old Attendant ablaze For Stealing N1500

The Ogun State Police Command is without further ado scanning for a bar director, Mr. Bidemi Shittu, who professedly poured petrol on his 13-year-old specialist, Ezekiel Emmanuel, and set him on fire.

It was accumulated that the director made the move in light of the fact that the adolescent apparently stole N1,500 from him.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the occurrence happened in the Akoka territory of Ibafo, Ogun State, on Monday, February 9.

Our journalist assembled that the runaway suspect, Bidemi, who is hitched with youngsters, was the supervisor of Golden Fingers Bar in the territory, while Emmanuel was one of his orderlies.

Our journalist learnt that Bidemi, who had blamed Emmanuel for robbery on Sunday, supposedly tied the adolescent's hands and feet in a room in his bar till Monday, sitting tight for him to concede the offense.

It was accumulated that on Monday, at around 11.30pm, Bidemi brought Emmanuel out to the front of the bar, poured petrol on the kid and set fire on him.

Our journalist learnt that a few occupants, who were out at the time, recovered the victimized person.

They were said to have surged Emmanuel to a private doctor's facility in the region where he was at first treated before he was alluded to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, the accompanying day.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the matter was accounted for to the Ibafo Police Division, and the policemen closed the bar.

Be that as it may, it was assembled that the suspect, Bidemi, fled before he could be captured.

At the point when our journalist got to the range on Thursday, Emmanuel's uncle, Mr. Toyin Olayemi, said the kid was dismisses by four separate healing centers before he was inevitably taken to LASUTH.

He said, "Emmanuel's dad is not around. He went to the place where he grew up in Ekiti in light of the fact that he fell sick. On Tuesday morning when they let me know about Emmanuel. I raced to the private healing facility and I saw him on the couch, extremely smoldered from head to guts.

"He was dealing with low maintenance premise in the bar, despite the fact that Bidemi did not pay him any pay. Emmanuel is likewise learning generator repair at a workshop. I was informed that the director blamed him for taking N1,500.

"Regardless of requests from neighbors that they would reimburse him, he held up till everybody had gone to rest and drew out the kid and smoldered his body.

"The private clinic requested that we take him away the accompanying day. We went to around four legislature doctor's facilities which dismisses him before we came to LASUTH.

"Since that Tuesday, they have not permitted us to see him. They said he was still under perception. The suspect excessively has fled. We learnt that a policeman in the Ibafo division tipped Bidemi off to dodge capture."

At the point when our reporter went by the suspect's dad, Pa Shittu, he told PUNCH Metro that the most vital thing was for the victimized person to get well.

He said, "My wife went to weigh the kid in the doctor's facility. The specialists did not permit her to see him, however they advised her that he was reacting to treatment. I have spent about N150,000 on his treatment.

"I have not seen Bidemi. I don't have the foggiest idea about his whereabouts. He has declined to pick my calls. The most imperative thing is for the tyke to get well."

At the point when our reporter got to the private healing facility in Ibafo where Emmanuel was at first treated, the specialist said he guaranteed that he was in a stable condition before he was exchanged.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, affirmed the episode.

He included that the police were heightening endeavors to capture the suspect.

He said, "The suspect poured petrol on the kid for taking.

He abused him, tied his hands and feet, and set him ablaze. The kid is still in the healing facility and the suspect is in a matter of seconds on the loose.

"Anyhow the police will capture the suspect.

"This demonstration is criminal, as well as likewise boorish. We are heightening endeavors to get him and we will."