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A 12 year old boy identified as Segun Azeez, who was locked
down with big chain and padlocked for three months by his grandmother, Mrs Yemi
Kazeem, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command.
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It was learnt that Segun’s mother, Yomi Kazeem, an auxiliary
nurse who had parted ways with his father, allegedly provided the chain and
padlock with which he was tied to a spot at home for over two months. .
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According to them, the motive is to prevent the boy from
fleeing home. Azeez was freed on Wednesday and the grandmother was arrested for
further investigation. .
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Segun who broke down in tears after being rescued, said his
ordeal began in his paternal family in Sagamu, where he alleged, someone
charmed him and which made him to detest home and kept fleeing from it.
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Amid sobs, the boy said he was accustomed to deprivations
and hunger which compelled him to stop his education at primary three in
Sagamu, adding that when his mother brought him to Obada town from Sagamu, he
had thought his sufferings would lessen but unknown to him it was just a continuation
in another dimension.
Police Commissioner, Illiyasu, described the ill – treatment
Segun as inhuman and heinous, and capable of leading to “ritual killing or
child disappearance.” He said the crime was discovered through technical
intelligence by the FSARS who were patrolling flash points and the boy was
found “emaciated” because until his rescue, he “starves, urinates and defecates
at spot where he was chained.”
The grand mother, Yemi Kazeem, told reporters that the boy
was stubborn and elected to chain him down to prevent him from stealing and
further fleeing home. The woman said she suspected that Segun was having
spiritual problems and had been fasting and praying so that what troubles him
could be evicted.
Also, the boy’s biological mother, Yomi Kazeem, said she was
not aware that chaining Segun to a stake was a crime, adding that she bought
the chain for the purpose of confining him to save the grandmother the stress
of searching for him should he flee home.
I am not siding with her, but the grand mum and mum were desperate to change him.
He must be a very stubborn kid.
Whatever happened to those correctional facilities where budding criminals were detained?
Back in the day, we called them 'remand homes'.
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