This story was narrated by a lady on social media yesterday who was presently in her husband's village, in Imo State. She woke up to some noise at the gate and went out, leaving her husband and mother in law who were outside.
Her mother in law was holding a little boy called Chinaecherem Ukomadu of between 5 to 7 years of age. She called me to come closer and look at what the boy's father did to him, says the Lady.
According to people in the village the boy's father is mentally unstable and the sister chased his wife away and collected the boy from her when the boy was just 4 months old.
According to the people, the boy has been subjected to maltreatment of various forms, from going without food to sleeping outside to severe beating and what have you.
Last night when the boy had finished playing with the other kids, he went home but the father refused him entrance. He kept knocking then he decided to go to one of the families around, he was ignored so he went back, the father then allowed him in, and gave him the beating of his life and hit him with a rode on the mouth. He was screaming and crying and bleeding. Of course again he slept in the cold outside, as at when I saw him, he had blood dried up all over his body. I could barely look at him without shivering. My husband, mother in law and everyone was in shock.
The little boy had been taken to the hospital. He is currently receiving medical care. At the moment, the boy is traumatised, hehas lost lots of blood, and he is in shock.
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