Man Bites off Son's Ear for Defending Wife (pictured)

On Saturday on Asaka street, off Abule-Nla, Ebute Meta area of Lagos State a truck loader, Udeme Inim, 30, allegedly bit off his stepson’s ear. It was gathered that there had been a disagreement between Inim and his wife, which had led to the suspect assaulting her.

When the victim, Christopher Bassey, intervened, Inim left his wife and attacked him. In the ensuing scuffle, Inim, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State, was said to have gone for the teenager’s right ear and bit it off, Punch learnt. The victim was rushed to a hospital shortly after he reported the matter to the Iponri Police Station, but his ear could not be saved.

He said, "On that day, he was fighting with my mum and at a point he began to destroy some of our property. It was too much for me to bear. So I tried to stop him and that was when he attacked me and bit off my ear." The police arraigned Inim before a Magistrate’s Court on one count of assault.