A Nigeria man, Mr. Chris Elvis, who allegedly padlocked his four-year-old son’s mouth and beat him to death, has feigned insanity for his crime.
Investigations by the Police revealed that Elvis, who is a member of a security outfit, Merchant Navy, began acting strange after his arrest.
A police source at the Meiran Division, said, “When we first arrested the man (Elvis), he started acting strange.
“The act was meant to convince the police that he was mentally ill. He was even jumping all over the place.
“It was later that his landlady and some other neighbours came to the station to tell us that he (Elvis) was only pretending that he was ill. Elvis has, however, stopped acting strange.”
Elvis had allegedly locked his son, Godrich, in a room at their home on Adetola Adelaja Street, Meiran area of Lagos padlocked his mouth and beat him to death, claiming that the boy was evil.
“Neighbours told policemen that something was wrong as they could not find the little boy. So, the policemen searched for the boy, but Elvis said he was at a hospital.
“However, police entered a room and saw two mattresses on the floor. The boy was found dead inside the torn mattress on the floor. His lips were perforated and was padlocked while his body was inflicted with burns from a pressing iron.
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