A father,
whose name has yet to be ascertained, was said to have butchered his son,
Favour Oyediran on Sunday, after he lured him into the bush near the President
Muhammadu Buhari Estate along Siun-Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway.
The victim
was said to be living at Abule Agbon, located between Kobape and Abeokuta, with
his father, stepmother and her two children.
His own
mother was said to have separated from the father.
Favour, who
is said to be 11 years old, was reported to have been stabbed by the father in
the neck, pretended to be dead before his father abandoned him in the bush.
Favour, who
later crawled out of the bush, was said to have been rescued by a good
Samaritan, who took him to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.
A source,
who pleaded anonymity, said Favour’s father always maltreated him.
The father,
the source said, had allegedly claimed that the son embarrassed him “too often
by reporting him to the Baale each time he is assaulted by father.”
Our
correspondent, however, paid a visit to the Children’s Ward at the Federal
Medical Centre, Idi Aba, Abeokuta on Monday, and it was confirmed that Favour
was on admission in the hospital.
The Public
Relations Officer of the hospital, Mr. Olusegun Orisajo, who led our
correspondent to the Ward, prevented our correspondent from seeing the boy.
He entered
the ward and conferred with the nurses in charge of his case, and came back and
told our correspondent that the victim was in stable condition.
Orisajo
said, “The boy is here, his name is Favour. He had undergone surgery and it was
successful. He is in stable condition.”
Orisajo, who
insisted that the minor’s privacy must be respected, prevented our
correspondent from interviewing Favour.
When
contacted on the case, the state Police
Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he had yet to be briefed about
the incident by the Divisional Police Officer in whose jurisdiction the
incident happened.
He promised
to get back to our correspondent as soon as he was briefed about the incident.
But he had
yet to get back to our correspondent as of the time of filing the report.
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