Lagos – A Nigerian pastor has been arrested after chaining his nine-year-old son in a room for several weeks with a padlock and denying him food, police said yesterday.

“We acted on a tip-off that a boy had been locked up in a room near a church at Atan in Ogun state. We forced the door open and rescued him,” state police spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi told AFP.

He said the boy was found chained to the ground with a padlock in a room on Friday.[button link=”http://www.chronicle.co.zw/nigerian-pastor-arrested-for-chaining-son-with-padlock/” color=”default” size=”” type=”” shape=”” target=”_blank” title=”” gradient_colors=”|” gradient_hover_colors=”|” accent_color=”” accent_hover_color=”” bevel_color=”” border_width=”1px” shadow=”” icon=”” icon_divider=”yes” icon_position=”left” modal=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ alignment=”left” class=”” id=””]CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO[/button]