NSCDC Secures 17yr-Old Vagrant Teenager In Osun

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State command has secured a homeless 17-year-old boy, Sunday Ademola.

The Commandant of the Corps, Emmanuel Ocheja confirmed this to newmen in Osogbo on Thursday.

The Commandant who spoke through the Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Corps II (ASC II) Atanda Olabisi, said a middle aged man, Ayoola from Owode Ede reported to the Ede North LCDA Division of the Command that a teenage boy of about seventeen (17) years, was found roaming about along the Osogbo-Ibadan highway naked and his hands tied to his back.

The middle aged man who thought the boy was mentally ill, later discovered that he has no mental health challenges after questioning him.

The Divisional Officer, Ede North LCDA, Chief Superintendent of Corps (CSC) S. O Adewumi was said to have took the boy to the Divisional office for questioning and medical attention.

The boy was said to have bruises on his head, and was suspected to have been beaten mercilessly by person (s) yet to be identified.

After given the victim first aid treatment by the medical team of the Divisional Office, he was interrogated and in his words, revealed his name as well as said that he is from Inisha, Onira’s Compound.

The NSCDC then said the boy's name and picture was sent to the said compound but no one seem to recognise him. 

However, the case has been reported to the State Ministry of Women Affairs, where Sunday was taken to Correctional and Rehabilitation Center, Testing Ground Osogbo hoping to unite him with his parents soon.

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