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| Usen Okon |
A10-year-old boy, Usen Okon, who was
thrown into the Imo River in the Ikot Abasi area of Akwa Ibom State,
over witchcraft accusation, has survived the ordeal.
A non-government organisation, the
Humanist Association for Peace and Social Tolerance Advancement and its
partner, Child’s Rights and Rehabilitation Network, said the boy was
being taken care of by the groups.
The Senior Project Manager of the
organisation, Mr. Ayobami Ojedokun, said in Uyo on
Tuesday that Okon was under the....
care of his paternal aunt, identified
simply as Ekaeyen, at Etebi community in the Esit Eket Local Government
Area of the state as his parents had died.
He said a few days ago, Okon was aroused
from sleep by Ekaeyen who took him to her husband and asked him to
confess to being a wizard.
He added that when Okon denied the witchcraft accusation, his aunt threatened to throw him into a river.
Ojedokun said Ekaeyen, true to her
words, on November 16, took Okon to the Imo River and threw him into the
water with the hope that he would drown.
“She actually threw Okon into Imo River
thinking that the boy would drown. The boy came out of the water alive
and went to their home, only to be told that her auntie had relocated,”
Ojedokun said.
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