Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan
There was pandemonium at Papa Eleye, Zone 2, Oluyole local government, Ibadan, when a self-acclaimed prophet, Gbenga Idowu Ogundijo, allegedly smashed his eleven-year-old grandson, Keji Ogundijo, skull with a heavy stick.
The incident which happened last week Saturday according to the statement sent to this reporter by Olusegun Idowu, who is the commandant of Oluyole Security Network, said the noise coming from the room of Ogundijo drew the attention of neighbors to the place.
He said “on getting there, they met the door closed, but they had no other option than to break the door in. It was a gory sight when they met Keji in a pool of his own blood. The boy was rushed to a private hospital, The Life Hospital, not too far from the area, where doctors are battling to save his life. It was at the hospital that the medical personnel discovered that the boy was tied with a rope round his neck.
The suspect, Idowu explained to Oluyole Security Network that “It was true that I tied my grandson with rope and also broke his head with a cub due to the fact that he is stealing. I do not have it in mind to kill him but just to teach him a lesson that stealing is not good. It has been long that I have being correcting him that stealing is not good, but he refused to heed to it. I told him that I do not want him to thread the part of his father, but instead of heeding to my advice he picked up a stone and threw it at me.
“I didn’t retaliate, but on my way to take my bath in the bathroom, he picked up another stone and threw it at me, and this infuriated me that I picked up a stick to beat him. I hit him on his head and back with a big stick. My only prayer is that he should not die because I don’t want him to die now.”
Presently, Keji is battling with his life in the hospital as doctors are trying to save his life.
The suspect is pteaently being investigated by the Oluyole Security Network according to the statement by Segun Idowu, the commandant.
Source: Ibadan Media
