Awwal’s hand was allegedly roasted for adding drops of liquid disinfectant to his bath water.
According to Ngozi Ekwerike-Okoro, President, Child to Child Network, a Non Governmental Organisation, NGO, a distress call from one of Otun’s neighbours at 59, Suenu Street, Surulere, Lagos saved Awwal’s life.
According to his teachers, Awwal, who is in primary one, should not be allowed to go back to his step-mother because he is always coming to school with bruises as the neighbours who pleaded anonymity said that had been the normal punishment for the boy’s mistakes.
Awwal was later taken to a nearby private hospital for treatment and he is currently at Juvenile Welfare Centre of Alakara Police Station.
The story
According to Ngozi, “On July 11, 2013, Awwal was rushed to the Randle General Hospital, Mother and Child Centre, Gbaja, at about 6:30pm after a distress call from neighbours.
“He sustained serious injuries from fire burns inflicted on him by the step-mother who is now in police custody.
“At the hospital, we requested to see the welfare officer who we were told had closed for the day but after narrating our mission to one of the staff she referred us to the chief matron. The chief matron issued an emergency card to the boy and directed him to see the doctor.
“The doctor, however, refused to attend to the boy, because according to her, the hospital did not have enough space to accommodate the boy, as he would need admission for intensive care.
“We pleaded with the doctor to at least administer some first aid on the boy but she refused. We went back to the chief matron who told us after consulting with the doctor that Surulere General Hospital (Mother and Child Centre) does not have the facility to deal with such cases. They said our best chance would be to go to Ikeja General Hospital.
“We eventually left in disappointment and went to a private hospital in Mushin, close to the juvenile centre, where he got immediate attention and was treated free of charge.
Awwal recounts ordeal
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I have seen such thing b4 when a neighbor heated knife to red hot and grabbed the two palms of the little girl in her care and closed it up on the red hot knife. It was a gory site. She went scot free cos awareness on human right was low then. A man has never done such wicked thing to the best of my knowledge. I don't know why women are so wicked. It seemed hell fire was created for only them. Poor innocent boy. I felt like having access to that woman now so I can do justice to it my own way.
ReplyDeleteTrue talk my dear, women are despicably wicked, i don't have any word for it. Since the fall of Adam till now, most of the outrageous events that have engulfed lives, families, communities and nations have remote trace to women. For wetin? I thought they were wonderfully made, lo! not at all, rather fearfully made!
ReplyDeleteFirst and second anonymous, the face of wickedness is not peculiar to any gender. People are blessed with different levels of intelligence so you are entitled to your comments/opinions about which sex or tribe is the most wicked on earth.
ReplyDeleteWickedness in d high places. I wish u boy quick reovery in Jesus' name(amen)
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