A 13 year-old boy subjected to severe beating, torture and hunger strike by his stepmother in Maiduguri, Borno State, has been rescued by some rights activists.
His stepmother allegedly forced him to sleep in a shabby room beside a gutter and denied him food and other basic needs.
One of the activists, who rescued the boy said the case has been taken over by the Borno office of the National Human Rights Commission.
He said;
The boy’s ordeal started after his father divorced his mother. His step-mother regularly subjected him to serious beating and starvation. Officials of National Human Rights Commission have reportedly taken up the matter.
According to an Humanitarian worker, Junaid Jibril Maiva, who also confirmed the incident on his Facebook page, wrote;
It is heartbreaking and annoying how parents now a days treat their own child. This thirteen year old child was denied any form of parental support and shelter simply because his mother was divorced.
He was forced to sleeps in verandah beside a gutter without foods, clothes, talk less of net to protect him from malaria and other diseases.
Mallam Murtala from Mobbar LGA now living in Baga road Maiduguri confessed that he and his wives had thrown the child and serves him food once daily.
He added;
During investigation by management of National Human Rights Commission lead by Barr Jummai Mshelia accompanied by E-D WINN Madame Lucy Dlama, it was gathered that the child (Aminu) step mothers always beat him without a reason.
When Aminu was served food, Spaghetti and stew to be precise, he ate like a hungry lion, it is disheartening and heart breaking seeing this child eating empty spaghetti without touching the stew, an indication that he had not seen stew for long.
All this because his mother is not in the house. After documentation, Barr Jummai lead team will take the child for more medical support.
Relevant stakeholders must take action on this increasing menace that is consuming us. Child abuse needs to be tackled in this country.
Four people who have been treated in like manner by family members have been rescued in the last two weeks in different parts of Kano.
Kano State police command on August 20 discovered the decomposing corpse of a woman that was allegedly locked up in a room by her husband for three days at Mariri Quarters in Kano state.
It would be recalled that Kano state police rescued a 55-year-old man allegedly confined for 30 years in a solitary room by his father.
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Last Thursday, one Ahmed Aminu, 32-year-old, confined by his father, Aminu Farawa, in a garage for seven years was rescued by the police.
Similarly, last Sunday, a 40-year-old, Ibrahim Lawan, held in captivity for 15 years was also rescued by the police in the state.
See some photos of the young boy below;
