The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna State command has warned parents and guardians to take care of their children and wards following the increasing cases of eye plucking in Kaduna and its environs.
Speaking in an interview in Kaduna on Friday, the Commandant of the Corps, Alhaji Modu Bunu, said the warning became necessary to save children and the good people of the state.
The commandant, who was reacting to a recent incident in which one Mary Obadiah was found dead at Bendel Close, Ungwan Bulus, near Sabon-Tasha in Chikun Local Government Area with one eye plucked, expressed shock at the callous and inhuman act.
The NSCDC boss remarked that Mary’s case brought to four the number of eye plucking incidents brought to the knowledge of the command within eight days even though the remaining three attempts were unsuccessful.
According to him, at about 4pm on March 6, 2016, a child of about seven years was saved at Makera from a 30-year old man after choking the boy with the aim of plucking the unsuspecting boy’s eye.
The suspect, whose name was given as Maniru, was arrested by some members of the public and handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.
Similarly, at about 11pm on March 6, 2016, another suspect was arrested around Naira Roundabout, when he almost pulled out the eye of a boy.
Another attempt was made to pluck the eyes of a six-year-old girl, Kaisar Hussaini, at Ungwan Sanusi, on March 3, at about 12.42pm, by an unknown man.
According to the report, Hussaini, who was returning from school, was approached and dragged by the suspect to an isolated place where a powdered substance was blown into her eyes thereby causing injury to the eyes.
The lucky Hussaini whose eyes could have been plucked having been dragged to the place, screamed when the suspect made efforts to remove the eyes thereby attracting passersby who rescued her.
(Nigerian Tribune)
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