Some suspected ritual killers who struck a village in
Bauchi have removed the 2 eyes of an innocent boy
identified as Haruna Usman, the son of a Fulani
Cattle rearer.
His father Mallam Usman Muyalbi narrated how his
son lost his two eyes in a chat with News Agency of
Nigeria today.
Hear what he said:
“As we were rearing the cows, some of them veered
into somebody’s farm by accident and destroyed
crops.
“I then decided to go and inform the owner of the
farm, so that we can assess the damage for me to
settle him. I left Haruna to keep watch over the cows
but when I returned at about 1:00 p.m., my son was
nowhere to be found.
“I later heard him crying inside a nearby valley and
upon getting there, discovered that his two eyes had
been removed,” said the father.
Mayalbi, whose son had been admitted at the
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching
Hospital, (ATBU-TH) Bauchi, therefore appealed to
government and wealthy individuals to help his son
regain his sight.
Mrs Zainab Abdulkadir, a medical staff and also
Manager of the Pediatric Surgical Ward, ATBUTH,
where the boy was admitted, told NAN that he would hardly recover his sight.
“The assailants had gone with the two eyes. They
have also destroyed the nerves while trying to pluck
the eyes by force.
“The only thing that can be done is to provide the
boy with ‘cosmetic’ eyes but he will never see again,”she lamented.
Bauchi State Police Command’s Public Relations
Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the
incident on Tuesday, adding that efforts had been
intensified to apprehend the culprits.