A man, identified as Celestine and his two sons have reportedly assaulted a 17-year-old boy, Samuel Onyeme, locking him up in a dog cage for visiting his daughter Anastasia Celestine.
Although Samuel and Anastasia are classmates, her father witnessed the boy talking to her in their home at around 6 p.m. on Sunday, and he viciously attacked him before locking him in a dog cage.
Samuel’s mother, Mrs. Onyeme, told reporters about her son’s experience, saying that he was injured multiple times and that his phone was taken from him during the attack.
She said, “My son, Samuel, a 17-year-old Senior Secondary student of Redeemers International High School, Asaba, Delta State, on Sunday, visited his classmate, Anastasia Celestine, at her residence after she invited him. My son said they were having a discussion outside the house of Mr Celestine when he was brutally assaulted by her father and his two sons.
“They assaulted him in the street, pulled him into their compound, and seriously hurt him.” You see his head, he said they used wooden planks and locked him inside a dog cage. During the assault, they confiscated his mobile phone and called me (mother) deceiving me into coming to the scene. Upon my arrival, I was deprived of seeing him for two hours.”
She added that at around 10:00 p.m. that evening, one of her sons, “who is Samuel’s older brother, contacted a family friend, who then contacted a human rights organization before they mobilized police officers to rescue Samuel from the dog cage.”
Human rights advocate Victor Ojei confirmed the incident, saying it was formally reported to the Delta State Police Command on Tuesday.
He demanded that Mr. Celestine be looked into and prosecuted right away.
Published by Ejoh Caleb
