THE principal of a local government secondary school, Oshokoshoko in
Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, Mr Christopher Ogbeun, has
inflicted a serious burns on his son, Stephen, for destroying a West
African Examination Council approval letter.
He used an electric iron which he was using to press his clothes to burn his son.
Stephen, a 10-year old, is under medical watch at the State Specialist Hospital Lokoja, where he is critically lying ill on bed.
Ogbeun
and his wife had taken Stephen and his sister to his senior sister for
care when things became worse due to economic challenges.
They were recently brought back home when things improved slightly.
When the Nigerian Tribune queried Ogbeun on why he did it, he could not state any reason behind the act.
He
said that he discovered that the boy had destroyed a letter of approval
from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) which authorised his
school to be a centre for WAEC examinations, adding that his refusal to
admit that he did it, “made me to threaten him with the iron which on a
second thought, I pressed it on him”
According to the remorseful father, “when I asked him to tell me the truth, he refused, then, I used the iron on him.”
The
state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Musa Katsina, while parading
Ogbeun, said if not for the intervention of the Special Ambush Squad,
he would have killed the son.
He said that the squad caught the suspect when he tied up the boy’s hands and closed his mouth using the electric iron on him.
Katsina disclosed that Ogbeun would be charged to court for unlawful detention and attempted murder.
However
at the State Specialists Hospital where the Stephen Ogbun was receiving
treatment,the family members were seen in pensive mood and praying for
his recovery.
Attempt to speak with the Hospital authority to
ascertain the degree of the burn and chances of survival proved
abortive as none was ready to speak.
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