Ogada, a coffin maker, who
hails from Oberete village in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, had been
complaining that his son was a wizard, who had caused him serial misfortunes
since reuniting with him, after leaving his mother’s place.
Papa Ogada, dumped his
fourteen year-old son in a well, accusing him of being behind his inability to
make progress in life.
A source said: “The truth
is that the man has been separated from the boy’s mother. Since the boy came
back from his mother’s place where he lived, the man has been accusing him of
being a wizard.
“He once told us that he
had consulted many spiritualists, who told him that his son is a wizard and is
behind the problems he has had in his business.
“We are not surprised that
he went this far.”
Ogada contacted one of his
friends, who helped him tie up the boy with his school uniform, books and other
property and drove off at about 9pm to neighbouring Abiaka village, where they
dumped him in an abandoned well.
According to a resident of
Abiaka village, who was part of rescue efforts, “some of us had already retired
for the day when we started hearing shouts and cries coming from the location
of the abandoned well, but we thought people were fighting.
“As the shouts increased,
we summoned courage and got to the area and discovered that it was coming from
the abandoned well. We got a rope and bucket, threw them inside and the boy
managed to cling to and was pulled out.
“He was already weak with
injuries. We thanked God the well had been out of use; he might not have
survived.”
At press time, the boy was
receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital, while his father’s
whereabouts is unknown.
When contacted, Police
Public Relations Officer, Abia State Command, DSP Ezekiel Onyeke, said the
incident is yet to be reported to the Police.
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