Unknown hoodlums pluck out 7-year-old’s eyes in Nasarawa
A seven-year-old boy in Nasarawa has been left without eyes following an attack on his parents’ home last Thursday.
Reports say the father, Mr Agadi Ajeh, woke up on the fateful night to the screams of his son, Monday Ajeh, but couldn’t find him as he rushed out. The boy was later found following a search party with his eyes gouged out.
“Who could have done this to my son at that time of the night? They kidnapped him from my residence, while I was sleeping, and took him about two kilometres away from the village,” Agadi, 47, said.
Police spokesperson in Nasarawa, ASP Samaila Usman, said the parents had ignored the boy’s complaints that some people were planning an attack on him.
“The parents ignored the complaint by their son; they did not show any concern or report the matter to the police on time,” Usman said.
“And some weeks later, while on their farm, some unknown persons kidnapped their son and took him away to a distance of about two kilometres before they removed his two eyes and left the body.”
The spokesperson said Monday was being treated at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, in Lafia, while police operatives have gone in search of the offenders.
