13-year-old boy identified as Ifeanyi Umoke from Inikiri Benard village in Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state, has been reportedly burnt beyond recognizition by two men for stealing rice.
According to reports, the boy’s mother is late and the father, bedridden with a chronic mental illness.
Afriupdate learnt that Ifeanyi was caught trying to steal rice in the village market, he was tied up, thrown into burning fire in a refuse dump in the market and allowed to roast like a goat.
According to eyewitness, the perpetrators, One Mr. Paul Ifere Amah and Mr. Paul Nweke of the same village after committing this evil, saw the critical condition of their victim, yet they abandoned him to groan to death.
“It took the intervention of sympathisers to rush him to AMURT hospital there in Effium, but due to the severity of the damages, the roasted boy was declined treatment. Efforts were thereafter made to bring him to AE-FETHA2 where he is currently battling between life and death” said Sampson Oko.
When the perpetrators were interviewed, they said; “Ifeanyi has been in the habit of stealing cassava, yam and others. So this time, we caught him stealing our rice and we decided to teach him a lesson so that he will not come back to steal our food again”.
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“It was not our intention to burn his whole body. We only tied him up and after beating him, we tried to roast his toes in the fire, but because he was struggling, he slipped of our hands and fell into the fire and got burnt beyond our expectation”.
The report also added that police have duly been communicated and investigations ongoing.
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