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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued a boy, Korede Taiwo, 9 who was chained for weeks at the Key of Joy Parish of the Celestial Church of Christ in Ajiwo, Ogun state. See what his father said below with photos after the cut;
A statement on their Facebook page said that the boy was rescued at about 10:30AM on Friday.
The case has since been transferred to the appropriate authorities for further investigation, the statement said.
The NSCDC released further statement as to how the boy was rescued.
The statement on their Facebook page stated that the boy was chained because he repeatedly stole (soup) from his step mother. The step-mother, Kehinde reported to his father, Taiwo Francis, a Pastor in the church. Francis reportedly chained the boy to a log of wood inside a room within the church premises.
The statement added NSCDC officials patrolling the area were informed by a resident that a boy is being held in chains in the church. They moved in following the tip-off.
“The boy was tired and pail, he was not able to talk when we rescued him. On getting to the church there was serious resistance by members, led by the pastor’s wife Kehinde. (Our officers) were able to force their way into the church premises. The boy was actually under lock and key. They quickly took him to the office for necessary entries and documentation and proceeded to the General Hospital, Ota,” the statement added.
Doctors say he is responding to treatment. Kehinde has been arrested and the boy’s father is currently on the run.
According to his fathers statement the Police sources told PUNCH Metro that Francis might be charged with attempted murder, among other offences, after the completion of investigation.
“The pastor may be charged with attempted murder. His action was capable of killing the boy,” one of the sources said.
Our correspondent had reported that Francis chained his son, Korede, to the altar in the church for more than a month and starved him until he went into a coma in an attempt to cast out the supposed spirit that made the boy to steal.
Korede was, however, rescued on Friday during a joint operation by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the police, after receiving a tip-off from residents of the area.
Korede’s stepmother, Kehinde, had also been arrested for allegedly aiding the cruelty meted out to the boy.
Korede, who said he aspired to be a doctor, had blamed his father for his stealing habit.
“It is true that I stole a pot of soup and a bowl of eba in our house. I also stole in the neighbourhood. My father’s inability to give money to my stepmother for the upkeep of the family caused it. When I was chained, my father and stepmother fed me twice a day. Some days, I was not given any food. I want to go back to school because I want to be a doctor in the future. I do not want to go back to my father’s house,” Korede had said.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued a boy, Korede Taiwo, 9 who was chained for weeks at the Key of Joy Parish of the Celestial Church of Christ in Ajiwo, Ogun state. See what his father said below with photos after the cut;
A statement on their Facebook page said that the boy was rescued at about 10:30AM on Friday.
The case has since been transferred to the appropriate authorities for further investigation, the statement said.
The NSCDC released further statement as to how the boy was rescued.
The statement on their Facebook page stated that the boy was chained because he repeatedly stole (soup) from his step mother. The step-mother, Kehinde reported to his father, Taiwo Francis, a Pastor in the church. Francis reportedly chained the boy to a log of wood inside a room within the church premises.
The statement added NSCDC officials patrolling the area were informed by a resident that a boy is being held in chains in the church. They moved in following the tip-off.
“The boy was tired and pail, he was not able to talk when we rescued him. On getting to the church there was serious resistance by members, led by the pastor’s wife Kehinde. (Our officers) were able to force their way into the church premises. The boy was actually under lock and key. They quickly took him to the office for necessary entries and documentation and proceeded to the General Hospital, Ota,” the statement added.
Doctors say he is responding to treatment. Kehinde has been arrested and the boy’s father is currently on the run.
According to his fathers statement the Police sources told PUNCH Metro that Francis might be charged with attempted murder, among other offences, after the completion of investigation.
“The pastor may be charged with attempted murder. His action was capable of killing the boy,” one of the sources said.
Our correspondent had reported that Francis chained his son, Korede, to the altar in the church for more than a month and starved him until he went into a coma in an attempt to cast out the supposed spirit that made the boy to steal.Korede was, however, rescued on Friday during a joint operation by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the police, after receiving a tip-off from residents of the area.
Korede’s stepmother, Kehinde, had also been arrested for allegedly aiding the cruelty meted out to the boy.
Korede, who said he aspired to be a doctor, had blamed his father for his stealing habit.
“It is true that I stole a pot of soup and a bowl of eba in our house. I also stole in the neighbourhood. My father’s inability to give money to my stepmother for the upkeep of the family caused it. When I was chained, my father and stepmother fed me twice a day. Some days, I was not given any food. I want to go back to school because I want to be a doctor in the future. I do not want to go back to my father’s house,” Korede had said.
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