Police rescue another chained child in Ogun as culprit flees
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Less than one week after security
operatives rescued a nine-year-old boy, Korede Taiwo, allegedly chained
and starved for a month by his pastor – father, Francis Taiwo, at
Ajibawo, a suburb of Otta Local Government Area of Ogun State, the
Police, yesterday, also set free a 10 -year – old girl, Promise Ude
from a similar circumstance in Adigbe area of the state .
According to the acting Police Public
Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemiý, the victim was
chained to a burglary proof of an uncompleted building for about 28
hours for allegedly stealing N4,000 and was rescued by policemen
attached to the Adigbe Divisional Police Headquarters, acting on a
tip-off from neighbours.
He said: “The suspect, who is Promise’s
aunt, Mrs. Chiamaka Okafor, ran away but her husband, Sunday Okafor,
was arrested. The Commissioner of Police, Iliyasu Ahmed, has expressed
shock and sadness over the incident, and has ordered that full
investigation be conducted into the matter immediately.
Source:The Nation