By Hussaini Hammangabdo Yola
Adamawa state Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapha Farauta has visited a six year old Mohammed Mohammed, one of the rescued 13 children from a trafficking syndicate in Anambra state, currently receiving treatment at the Specialist Hospital in the state
Farauta during the visit Monday told journalists that the Mohammed obtained pyomyosities from the hands of his traffickers due to severe beating and had to undergo surgeries on his two thigh to remove abscess formed as a result of the beating.
She said the ailment was discovered when the trafficked children were rescued and taken to the hospital for medical checkup.
“We are here on a followup of the young boy that was rescued after being stolen from their parents and sold to Anambra state.
“Initially, we brought them for medical screening and it was at that point the boy was admitted”.
Farauta expressed happiness with the level of the recovery, saying the boy was being taken good care of in the hospital.
Dr. Dauda Wadinga Medical Director of the state Specialist Hospital, said the boy is responding to treatment and would soon be discharged from the hospital.
Wadinga added, “Hopefully the boy would be discharged tomorrow Tuesday.”
The CMD noted that surgeries was conducted on the boy and a litre of fluid was removed from the each of the thighs.
He confirmed that the boy is doing well ad his parents and hospital personnel are taking care of him.
It would be recalled that the state government, through the office of the deputy governor, has financially sponsored security investigation over the matter to facilitate the rescue processes across Lagos, Anambra and other states.
According to the Deputy Governor, the children would be handed over to their parent after due procedures have been completed by government and security agencies.
The children, aged between 5 and 9, were abducted from different parts of Adamawa and sold to a buyer in Nnewi, Anambra State.
The rescue followed a coordinated effort between the Adamawa State Government and security agencies after credible intelligence was received regarding the children’s disappearance.
The operation led to the arrest of a 45-year-old woman, Mrs. Ngozi Abdulwahab, a resident of Jambutu in Yola North Local Government Area, who was found to have sold the children, to a 65-year-old woman, Mrs. Uche Okoye, based in Kabuku, Nnewi by the police.
