A 13-year-old boy, Obioma Odum,
has reportedly died after his mother, identified as Chinyere Odum poured
kerosene on him and set him ablaze.
It was gathered that the incident
occurred at Umuloghe Agbolughe, in Amuzukwu, Umuahia, Abia State after Chinyere
accused her son of stealing her phone’s memory card.
According to Punch, the mother
together with her unnamed friend initially tied him with a rope and gave him
many strokes of the cane before setting him ablaze with kerosene.
An eyewitness, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity, said the two women later dragged the boy into the
kitchen and set him ablaze to make him confess.
The witness said, “The youths
brought out the boy from the kitchen after putting out the fire. But when they
rushed him to a hospital in the area, he had sustained up to 54 percent burns.
“He was subsequently referred to
the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, which also referred him to the University
of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu. He died at the FMC this morning (Tuesday)
before he could be moved.”
The father of the deceased,
Obioma Odum, also speaking on the incident to newsmen said, “I was not at home
when the incident happened.
“I was at my place of work when
my elder brother called me that my wife and her friend poured kerosene on my
son and set him on fire. By the time I got home, some youths had rescued and
rushed him to the police clinic in Umuahia.
“We were later referred to the
FMC, Umuahia. They asked us to come the next day and take the boy to UNTH,
Enugu. But he died before we could move him.
“I have been at peace with my
wife until she was taken to a place where she turned into something else. There
was a time she broke my head with a cutlass for asking her to sever a
relationship with one boy.”
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