In a rare case of child abuse, a 12-year-old boy, Zubair Abubakar, has had his two hands amputated after the punishment his teacher meted to him for allegedly stealing a phone led to the cessation of bloodflow to his hands.
Doctors said they had to amputate the boy’s two hands because they had become infected and gangrenous.
Zubair was alleged to have stolen a cellphone, which made the head teacher of his school, Malam Sirajo Mohammed, to tie his hands as a punishment.
It was learnt, however, that the victim later developed an infection that led to complications, resulting in the amputation of his two hands at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.
When the case came to Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo’s knowledge, he promised to settle all the medical bills incurred in the treatment of the child.
Dankwambo made the promise when he paid a visit to the victim at the FTH, Gombe, on…
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