A 17-year-old boy Samuel Onyeme was on Sunday allegedly crushed and locked inside a canine cage for visiting a feminine classmate, Miss Anastasia Celestine.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred when Onyeme visited his feminine classmate in her residence round 6:pm
The sufferer’s mom, Mrs Onyeme, instructed our correspondent on Monday that it was a greater expertise she acquired at Mr Celestine’s home.
She stated, “My son, Samuel, a 17-year-old Senior Secondary scholar of Redeemers Worldwide Excessive College, Asaba, Delta State, on Sunday, visited his classmate, Anastasia Celestine, at her residence after she invited him.
“My son stated they had been having a dialogue exterior the home of Mr Celestine when he was brutally assaulted by her father and his two sons.
“They attacked him on the road, dragged him into their compound, and inflicted extreme bodily accidents on him. You see his head, he stated they used picket planks and locked him inside a canine cage.
“Throughout the assault, they confiscated his cell phone and known as me (mom) deceiving me into coming to the scene. Upon my arrival, I used to be disadvantaged of seeing him for 2 hours.”
She stated her daughter, Jessica, who was exterior making an attempt to hunt assist, was additionally subjected to assault by members of the Celestine household when she tried to re-enter the compound.
“The scenario escalated when Ben, the opposite of my sons, who’s the elder brother to Samuel, contacted a household pal, who then reached out to a human rights organisation earlier than they mobilised police, officers had been mobilised to rescue Samuel from the canine cage round 10:00 pm that evening.”
Talking additional, a human rights activist, Mr Victor Ojei, who reported the incident to the Delta State Police Command, on Tuesday stated he mobilised the police earlier than Samuel was rescued from the canine cage, and described the act as barbaric and inhumane.
Ojei, in a petition addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Police Command, demanded the instant investigation and prosecution of Mr Celestine and his sons for kidnapping, illegal detention, assault, and tried homicide according to the provisions of Nigerian Felony Legislation and the Violence Towards Individuals (Prohibition) Legal guidelines.
The petition, copied the Legal professional Basic, Ministry of Justice, Asaba, Delta State and the State Coordinator, Nationwide Human Rights Fee, Asaba, Delta State, known as for justice.
“One Onyeme Ben contacted a household pal, who then reached out to our organisation. Following our report back to the Delta State Police, officers had been mobilised, and Grasp Onyeme Samuel was rescued from the canine cage round 10:00 pm that evening.
“Based mostly on the above details, Mr Celestine and his sons have dedicated legal offences which embrace illegal detention of Mrs. Onyeme Onome for 2 hours towards her will, and the forcible confinement of Grasp Onyeme Samuel in a canine cage from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.which contravenes Part 364 of the Felony Code Act.
“The brutal assault on Grasp Onyeme Samuel utilizing picket planks, leading to a number of accidents and psychological trauma, is a violation of Part 355 of the Felony Code Act.
“Tried homicide; threats to pour gasoline and set Grasp Onyeme Samuel ablaze quantity to tried homicide beneath Part 320 of the Felony Code Act.”
It was learnt that the sufferer, Samuel, is at present receiving therapy on the Asaba Specialist Hospital on account of bodily accidents and psychological suffered throughout the incident.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer within the state, SP Vivid Edafe, stated he hadn’t acquired the report of the incident as of the time of filling this report.