A middle-aged man, identified as Papa Ogada,
has dumped his 14-year-old son in a well,
accusing him of being behind his inability to
make progress in life.
Vanguard gathered that 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.
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.”
It was learned that 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 9p.m. to neighbouring Abiaka
village, where they dumped him in an
abandoned well.
Rescue
According to a resident of Abiaka village,vwho
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 said to be 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 was not reported to the Police.
Onyeka said: “I have contacted the DPOs of
Eastern Ngwa and Ohuru Isimiri Divisions
covering the Obingwa area; they said they are
not aware of the incident. May be, it happened
and was not reported.”
has dumped his 14-year-old son in a well,
accusing him of being behind his inability to
make progress in life.
Vanguard gathered that 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.
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.”
It was learned that 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 9p.m. to neighbouring Abiaka
village, where they dumped him in an
abandoned well.
Rescue
According to a resident of Abiaka village,vwho
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
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 said to be 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 was not reported to the Police.
Onyeka said: “I have contacted the DPOs of
Eastern Ngwa and Ohuru Isimiri Divisions
covering the Obingwa area; they said they are
not aware of the incident. May be, it happened
and was not reported.”