Man Allegedly Kills Daughter For Refusing To Attend The Same Church With Him

Tragedy struck when a 72-year-old man beat
his 14-year-old daughter to death in the Iba
area of Lagos State over her refusal
to attend The Lord's Chosen Church with him.
The deceased's mother, Mrs. Comfort Udin,
40, explained that her husband had been
angry over their daughter's refusal
to attend his church, The Lord's Chosen.
Comfort, the mother of the deceased revealed
that her husband, John Udin, used a stick,
covered with nails, to beat his daughter. One
of the nails perforated her forehead and she
later died.
According to her, the victim, Ejiro Udin,
began her journey to the grave last
week Tuesday after they told John that they
were going to church. The church was
however a new church, which Comfort had
started attending with the children. She said
she did not like John's church after she
attended it once.
John had forbidden them from going to
church that day. This order had generated a
quarrel and John started beating Ejiro with a
whip. He later dropped the whip, picked the
stick, which had nails and slammed it on her
forehead. Rather than take the young girl to
hospital, John was alleged to have locked both
mother and daughter inside the kitchen,
where they spent the night. By the time they
took Ejiro to hospital on Sunday, almost five
days after the nail attack, it was too late. She
died at the hospital that same day.
John on the other hand, said his wife was
lying. He explained that he has 14 children
and had never killedany of them. According to
him, he wanted to hit his wife with the stick,
but his wife pushed Ejiro into the path of the
stick. He explained that on the fateful day,
his wife and daughter had attacked him, after
he told them not to go to church that evening
because they had not given him food since
morning.
Comfort has four children for John, with Ejiro
being the eldest . His other eight children are
from two former wives.