Kaduna : Ritualists Pluck Out Eyes of 4-Year Old Boy

This is Buda, an area of the ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State. It was 4.45pm and as the sun withdrew gradually, a handful of partially clothed kids came out of their houses to play. Chatting excitedly in the Hausa language, they played together while some of them spilt into smaller activity groups.

But a particular little boy stood out of the pack. Dressed in a not-too-clean pair of mint green knickers, the white t-shirt on him would not be described as neat either.Though the four-year-old played with other children, his grandmother followed in order to prevent him from falling over anything or anyone.

Fondly referred to as Sadiq Usman, he cannot play with other children unaided. He is blind. Still chatting excitedly with his little friends, Sadiq was thrown into the world of darkness on January 25, 2016 when two unknown men gouged out his eyes just a stone throw from his family house in Buda.

The incident shook the village to its foundations but also changed everything about the family of Mallam Usman Isa also known as Auta. According to Khadija Usman, Sadiq’s elder sister, Sadiq’s ordeal started with his craving to eat sweets before going for his Koranic classes.

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