A Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt,Rivers State, has granted a 30-year-old father, Francis Silas, bail after allegedly forcing his 3-year-old daughter, Happiness, to eat her own feces as punishment. .
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The accused person, from AkwaIbom State, was arrested by the police in Rivers State, on December 30, 2019, after the video went viral.
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Yesterday, Chief Magistrate John Enyindah granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 and a surety who must be a resident of Port Harcourt. He adjourned the matter to February 3, 2020, for hearing.
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The accused was brought to court by the International Federation of Women Lawyers in the state and is facing three counts bordering on child abuse and battery.
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