As posted on Facebook by IG Wala:
Eight Years old Chukwuma Okafor is presently on admission at the Kubuwa
General Hospital after a brutal beating by his own father. This child
was taken to hospital by a Nun whom was said to have been contacted by
his school teachers. Yesterday morning, his own father drove him to
school in a bad shape and dumped him.
Little Okafor was in serious pain and could barely walk on his leg. The school teachers rushed him to the
General Hospital in Kubuwa. After undergoing series of X-ray that the
result revealed he has fracture on his leg and hand as a result of
beating with a strong object which the boy confirmed to be pestle.
Incidentally, Hassan Maina Kaina, a reporter with VOA Hausa was in the
hospital to check on his friend. He saw the boy's condition and
encouraged that the matter should be reported to the Police. The school
reported the matter to the Police in Kubuwa and Mr. Okafor (his father)
has been arrested for child abuse.
The school teachers confirmed
that on several occasions, they made effort to intervene on the boy's
situation but the father proved stubborn and even threatened them. The
scars on the boy's head & back shows how long he has been maltreated
by his own father.
Pictures of Chukwuma:
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