Doctors
at a private hospital in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos, are battling to
save the life of an orphan, Friday Paul, whose uncle/guardian drove a
three-inch nail into his head for stealing N500.
The
eight-year-old Friday lives with his uncle and his immediate family in a
room apartment at 6, Anjolarin Street, Odogunyan, Ikorodu, after the
death of his (Friday) parents about two years ago. Friday’s uncle, one
Mr. Paul, it was gathered, allegedly accused his nephew of stealing the
money he kept in his room, weekend, but the eight-year-old boy denied
the act, which infuriated his uncle.
Mr.
Paul was said to have dragged the boy into an apartment and tortured
him. Not done with that, he was said to have driven a three inches nail
into the boy’s skull. Friday’s distress call was said to have attracted
neighbours, who rushed to the scene, but Paul was said to have abandoned
the boy and fled.
It
was learned that sympathisers caught up with him and handed him over to
the Police at Sagamu Road Division, while the victim was rushed to
Ikorodu General Hospital. A resident told Vanguard that the hospital
rejected the boy over lack of funds, but sympathisers had to rush the
boy to The Saviour the Rock Hospital, Odonla Road, Odogunyan, where
doctors are battling to save his life.
The
resident, who pleaded anonymity, said if not for the quick arrival of
the Police, the said uncle would have been lynched. At press time,
Friday wreathes in pains after the nail was successfully removed
yesterday afternoon. Paul’s neighbour, Mr. Edwin Abah, claimed Friday
had been facing persecution from his uncle, which climaxed in the
weekend nail-in-the-skull incident. Friday, who dropped out of primary
school after his parents’ death, urgently requires about N100,000 for a
surgery.
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