A ten-year-old boy (names withheld) was in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, set ablaze for allegedly being a witch. The
incident which took place on Shalele street, near Immaculate Primary
School, Lafia-East, Lafia, caused the child to be hospitalized at
Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia.
The
Nasarawa State Child Protection Network (CPN) which got wind of the
incident has decided to take over the issue legally. The men who
perpetrated the act - one Adamu and one Suleiman - were said to have
gone to the boy’s house at about midnight when his parents were not
around, put pepper in his eyes, poured petrol over his body and set him
on fire.
The men took the action sequel to a
complaint by Adamu’s wife that the boy appeared to her in a dream in the
form of a lizard and attacked her. Although LEADERSHIP learnt that at
the time of the incident, the parents of the boy were not at home as the
father was reported to be ill and hospitalised in Wamba LGA of the
state, the boy’s elder brother and aunt watched helplessly as the men
engaged in their evil act.
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