The Amotekun Corp have arrested a man identified as Gbenga Ogunfadeke, for allegedly chaining and starving two of his children to death in Ogun.
The 45-year-old was arrested on Tuesday in the Waterside Local Government Area (LGA) of the state by men of the State Security Network, Amotekun.
According to reports, Ogunfadeke had accused his children of stealing and thereby proceeded to teach them a lesson by chaining and locking them up in a secluded room without food and water for over three months which led to their death.
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The suspect was accused of maltreating the children after he gained custody of them following a failed marriage with their mother.
He was arrest following a recount to a relative by one of the children who survived the ordeal after the death of his other siblings.
The suspect however admitted to locking and chaining them up but denied having a hand in their death.
