Police arrest 2 over Zaria boy whose eyes were gouged by ritualists

While the police have nabbed two
suspects in the case of the three-year-old
boy whose eyes were violently gouged by
suspected ritualists, the young victim will
soon leave for India for further
treatment. Malam Usman Isa Auta, father
of little Abubakar, told Daily Trust that the
emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, is
facilitating the medical trip in fulfilment of
his promise to sponsor the treatment.
Suspected ritualists had last month
tricked little Abubakar to an uncompleted
building in Buda area of Jushi, Zaria, and
gouged his eyes. Since then, he has been
receiving treatment at the Ahmadu Bello
University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH),
Zaria, eventually discharged.