How Pastor Chained 9 Year -Old Son For One Month For Stealing

Wonders they say shall never end, a popular saying is best used to describe this anomly that happened in Ado-odo area of Ogun state.
As Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command have
rescued a nine-year-old boy, Korede Taiwo,
at Ajibawo village in Atan-Ota, Ado-Odo
Ota local government area of the state.

According to Vanguard,  the boy was accused of
stealing meat from their cooking pot by his
step mother identified as Kehinde.
The step mother was said reported the case
of alleged stealing to the father, a pastor,
who reportedly tied the boy’s hands and
legs with chains.
Confirming the incident, the Public
Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Olanrewaju
Kareem, in a statement, said the boy was in
chains until a neighbor informed officials
on surveillance patrol of critical
infrastructure in the area who rescued the
boy.
Kareem further disclosed that the boy had
been chained for one month at the Celestial
Church of Christ (Key of Joy Parish) .
The boy after he was rescued, according to
him, was tired and pale and was not able
to talk.
“ On getting to the church, there was serious
resistance by members, led by the pastor’s
wife, Kehinde, but men of Civil Defence
Corps insisted, and were able to force
their way into the premises and found that
the boy was actually in chains”, the PRO
added.
“They quickly took him to the office for
necessary entries and documentation and
proceeded to the General Hospital, Ota.
“The boy was bathed and one Dr.
Akintunde at the hospital asked NSCDC
officials who took him there to cut the chains
to enable them administer treatment on him.
“Before our men left the hospital, he had
been responding to treatment as he had
started talking. However, the Hospital
Medical Director one Dr. Osinbajo who came
later assured the Corps that the boy will get
necessary medical attention. “The step
mother and the chain with padlock have
been handed over to the police”. Meanwhile,
Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer,
Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, said the
Assistant Inspector General of Police in
charge of Zone 2 Command, Lagos, AIG
Abdulmajid Ali,has condemned the pastor’s
alleged action, saying the matter will be
properly handled and the fleeing pastor
apprehended.
“He has ordered that the young
boy,Korede,be given proper medical
attention,”the AIG said.
Source: Vanguard.