A boy named Chidindu was found suffering serious burns on his face, neck, and chest at Elezuo Street, Okigwe, Imo State.
The boy, who lives with his aunt, accused her of being responsible for his burns.
Kids living in the same compound with the boy are heard saying in a video that his aunt physically abuses him frequently.
Chidindu added that his aunt threatened to pour burning coals into his eyes and make him go blind.
Watch the video below:
Facebook users reacts to video.
Abiodun Aireimen: South Eastern women are really something else with other people kids. Why isn’t difficult for them to love other people kids. Please this child needs to be rescued before it’s too late. He needs help. How can anyone allow a child of this age to go live…
Cathy Chime: How do they sleep how do they live causing pain to children how??? This is wickedness of the highest order why?why? Let him go if you can’t love him let him go?.
Cindy Amy Sandra: God of mercy!!!
Emmanuella Love:That’s how my aunt forced me to eat fresh pepper with hot water that year 😭😭😭I will never forget that.
Nbawam Tobias Chukwuma: honestly i would have wanted that lady to with me just for one wk……..then she will regret being a woman...
Binta Fatima Ochalifu: I couldn’t just help but weep right now 😭 how can someone be this wicked!
Choice Stanley: God almighty this is always one thing i keep asking you, please keep me alive to take care of my children by myself in Jesus name amen
Untimely death will not take me
Premature death will not call my name…
In a related news, Gist of the day reported of how Mother burns her 9-year-old son’s hand for stealing her money.
A Kenyan woman has been accused of burning his son’s hand for allegedly stealing her Sh50.
The 9-year-old boy who is currently receiving treatment at Ndhiwa Sub-County Hospital, has been identified as Polycarp Otieno Odhul and it was gathered that the incident occurred at Lower Kayambo location within Ndhiwa Sub-County.
[ruby_related heading=”More Read” total=5 layout=1]The area senior chief Cyprian Obonyo said that he received the information from vigilant members of the community who noticed bruises on the hands of the minor.
Obonyo revealed that the woman who sells clothes at Ndhiwa market decided to hide her son for almost one week after the incident.
He said;
“Upon receiving the information, I immediately made an urgent move to the location and found that the boy had been hidden by the mother for almost a week.“
The Chief said the boy confessed that the mother tied his two hands, poured paraffin and then lit them on fire. Read More…