An Islamic cleric in a prominent city somewhere in southern Nigeria had given a standing order to all members of his household, including his 10-year-old daugher, not to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan when this daughter of the cleric, who was observing the Ramadan fast for the first time and was not finding the fast comfortable, was caught breaking the fast at the wrong hour.
Her father, the cleric, became so angry with her that he tied her to a stake and started beating her until she became unconscious. A neighbour, who was perturbed at the treatment the man meted to his own biological child, reported the matter to the police. Does the Nigerian law give room for the role played by this concerned neighbour in the circumstances and is the father of the child liable in law?
Watch out for my legal perspective on this on Monday,29th November, 2015 on this blog.
Thank you.
Her father, the cleric, became so angry with her that he tied her to a stake and started beating her until she became unconscious. A neighbour, who was perturbed at the treatment the man meted to his own biological child, reported the matter to the police. Does the Nigerian law give room for the role played by this concerned neighbour in the circumstances and is the father of the child liable in law?
Watch out for my legal perspective on this on Monday,29th November, 2015 on this blog.
Thank you.
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