10-Year-Old Boy Thrown Into River By Aunt Over Witchcraft [PHOTO]

A 10-year-old boy, Usen Okon, who was thrown
into the Imo River in the Ikot Abasi area of Akwa
Ibom State, over witchcraft accusation, has

survived the ordeal.
The Senior Project Manager of the Humanist
Association for Peace and Social Tolerance
Advancement, Mr.Ayobami Ojedokun, told Punch
in Uyo on Tuesday that Okon was under the care
of his paternal aunt, identified simply as Ekaeyen,
at Etebi community in the Esit Eket Local
Government Area of the state as his parents had
died.
He said a few days ago, Okon was aroused from
sleep by Ekaeyen who took him to her husband
and asked him to confess to being a wizard.
He added that when Okon denied the witchcraft
accusation, his aunt threatened to throw him into
a river.
Ojedokun said Ekaeyen, true to her words, on
November 16, took Okon to the Imo River and
threw him into the water with the hope that he
would drown.
“She actually threw Okon into Imo River thinking
that the boy would drown. The boy came out of
the water alive and went to their home, only to
be told that her auntie had relocated,” Ojedokun
said.
The acting Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa
Ibom State Police Command, Mr. Iboro Victor,
said he was not aware of the incident.
“The incident is not to my knowledge right now,”
he said.

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