Kaduna boy’s leg to be amputated after father’s hot water punishment

The Kaduna State Government said it has rescued a seven-year-old boy, Abubakar Sani, from his abusive father, who allegedly tied his legs and poured blistery h2o connected them arsenic punishment for stealing biscuits.

A connection by Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development Rabi Salisu said the horrific incidental occurred successful Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

“The study connected the lad came to the ministry astir 9 days ago, and by then, his legs had already rotted and had maggots coming out, truthful the proposal from the doctors was amputation to prevention his life,” she said.

The commissioner revealed that the father, Sani Tanimi Maishago, and his wife, the boy’s stepmother, locked Abubakar up successful a country for implicit 20 days without due food, adding that the constabulary successful the authorities person apprehended the begetter and stepmother, and “they volition look charges successful tribunal erstwhile the probe is complete.”

“We volition marque definite that justness is served arsenic a deterrent to others,” she said.

She counselled parents to workout caution and perseverance erstwhile punishing their children, informing that “irreversible consequences” tin effect from excessive punishment.

Meanwhile, the authorities authorities has reiterated its committedness to defending children’s rights, with Salisu emphasising that “the societal wellbeing of the kid is the state’s paramount goal.”

She added that the authorities would proceed to enactment towards ensuring that justness was served and that children were protected from maltreatment and exploitation successful the state.