Operatives of the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps have arrested two Islamic clerics for unlawful torturing of two of their pupils with Hot Cutlass.

In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo state NSCDC Command,Daniel Aidamenbor,  on Friday,two of the Islamic clerics ,Adebodun Muideen, aged 30 of Al-balaagul-mubeen Arabic & Islamic centre and Oladejo Musiliu, aged 35 of Abdullah Arabic & Islamic centre, Owo, Ondo State caught two of their pupils with a phone during class hours. To force the truth out of them , they put a Cutlass in a raging fire  and , and pierced different parts of their bodies with it. 


The NSCDC REPORT OF THE INCIDENT:


 “On Wednesday, 28 January, 2026, acting on a report by a child rights advocacy group, Kids and Teen Resource centre, on the assault and child abuse which was reported to the centre by the class teacher of the victims, who noticed multiple injuries on the bodies of the children. 


“Preliminary investigation revealed that the children whose parents are in Osun state gave the children to the Alfas to learn the Quran and other Islamic practices while still attending conventional schools.


One of the victims brought home a Vivo Android phone of which he could not explain convincingly how he got it.


During their findings, the other boy was implicated in the act. In order to reprimand them, a heated cutlass was used on their back and buttocks there by inflicting a deep wound on them.


The act is a total violation of the Child Rights Act and the Ondo State Child Protection Law.

“The suspects had confessed and would be charged to court for assault and child abuse.”


“Acts of violence against children, no matter the justification, constitute criminal offences punishable under Nigerian law.”