INHUMANE!!! How Ebonyi Villagers Threw 10-year-old Boy Into Fire Over Alleged Stealing of Uncooked Rice [PHOTOS]

INHUMANE!!! How Ebonyi Villagers Threw 10-year-old Boy Into Fire Over Alleged Stealing of Uncooked Rice [PHOTOS]—Two men, Paul Amah and Paul Nweke perpetrated one of the worst acts of child abuse on 10-year-old Ifeanyi Umoke when they threw him into a fire for allegedly stealing uncooked rice at the market.

Ifeanyi who divinely survived the cruel act but will forever have scars to remind him of the dreadful day hails from Inikiri Benard village in Effium community, Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi State.

The culprit, Paul Amah and Paul Nweke of the same village, threw him into a burning fire in a refuse dump at the market and abandoned him to groan to death. Sympathizers later brought him out and rushed him to AMURT hospital there in Effium.

The Chairman human right defender, Mr Samson Nweke said “we got a call from one George Etamesor of the HRCRC over this grave abuse on this poor child.

“This little boy is 10yrs old. According to our feeders, his mother is no more and the father is bedridden with a chronic mental illness.

“Because he was caught trying to steal some rice in their village market, he was tied up and thrown into burning fire in a refuse dump in the market” he said.

He was later brought to Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching hospital Abakaliki, AE-FETHA2 through the efforts of sympathizers, but according to reports, he is currently battling between life and death.

The culprits had this to say:

“Ifeanyi has been in the habit of stealing cassava, yam and others.

“So, this time, we caught him stealing rice, we decided to teach him a lesson so that he will not come back to steal food again.

“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 fell into the fire and got burnt beyond our expectation.”