For daring to intervene in a domestic fight between his mother and his step-father, a teenage boy, Christopher Bassey, has lost one of his ears.

The ugly incident happened over the weekend at Asaka street, off Abule-Nla, Ebute Meta area of Lagos State.

The 30-year old angry step-father, Udeme Inim, who works as a truck loader, allegedly bite off his stepson's ear when he tried to intervene in the disagreement between him and his wife.
Christopher's courage to intervene got his step father furious and he 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, leaving the poor boy in a pool of blood.
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.

Still in pains, the boy narrated his side of the story, "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."

Meanwhile, the police has arraigned Inim before a Magistrate's Court on one count of assault.