THINGS ARE CHANGING O : Son takes father to court for assault ... A 27-year-old man, Aliu Yekini, brought his father, Kareem, before an Ejigbo magistrate’s court for slapping him in the face with a native ring. He said the action made him to almost lose his left eye.

A 27-year-old man, Aliu Yekini, brought his father, Kareem, before an Ejigbo magistrate’s court for slapping him in the face with a native ring.

He said the action made him to almost lose his left eye.

Kareem, who was arraigned on  three counts of assault admitted slapping Aliu but said it was with a “decorative ring” and he never meant any harm.

The Magistrate, Mrs. M.B Folami, rebuked Kareem for assaulting his son and said he could have reprimanded him in a mild manner.

She said, “I think I am supposed to hand you over to the Lagos State Government. What if you had removed his eye? Because you gave birth to him does not give you the right to batter him to the point of almost blinding him.”

Folami however asked Aliu if he took local gin, popularly called paraga, and smoked cigarette, which the latter admitted to.

She said, “Better go and mend your ways and stop taking cigarette and paraga. That was what your father was probably trying to correct you on when he almost blinded you.”

In a dramatic twist, Aliu told the court that he wanted to withdraw the charges against his father and would want to settle the matter the family way.

After being led in evidence to ascertain what informed his decision, the three counts was quashed against the defendant.