Lady Arraigned For Caging Boy, 10, In Dog Kennel

MICHAEL AKINOLA

A 24-year old lady, Onyinye Mbadike, arrested for locking up a 10-year old boy in a dog kennel, has been arraigned in Court.

Onyinye was arraigned by the Police on two count charges bordering on assault on the 10-year old boy on Friday at the Ogba Magistrates Court, Lagos.

The charges against her read in part, “That you, Onyinye Mbadike, of Trimnell Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos, in the Ikeja Magisterial District, did assault one Chibike, 10 years old, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State”.

“That you, Onyinye Mbadike, did put one Chibike, 10 years old, in a kennel in order to choke or suffocate him, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 239 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.”

At the Ogba Magistrates Court, her plea was not taken and the Presiding Magistrate, Osunsanmi, ordered that she be remanded in prison custody while adding that the case file should be sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecution for legal advice. The case was adjourned till 9th October, 2019, for mention.

P.M.EXPRESS had reported earlier that the 10-year old Chibike, an orphan from Anambra State was said to have been living with the defendant, Onyinye, since 2012 when his parents died.
His ordeal came to limelight recently when a viral video revealed how Onyinye Mbadike had locked him up in a dog kennel after beating him for allegedly taking an alcoholic drink she kept in a refrigerator.
She had alleged that the boy misbehaved and smashed the side mirror of her Toyota Camry car with a stone, which made her detain him in the kennel.

The video, which was secretly done by a neighbour, attracted the public rage as people called for the arrest of the woman.

The Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, had in a statement on Thursday stated that the boy was rescued and taken to a protective custody, adding that the suspect admitted she was the one in the viral video flogging the child with a belt.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu, had ordered the Gender Unit of the command to identify the woman in the video, rescue the child and make the suspect face the full weight of the law.