Ogun adopts boy chained by father.

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, and Ogun State governor’s wife, Mrs Olufunso Amosun, have taken steps to give succour to a nine-year-old boy, Korede Taiwo, who was allegedly chained and tortured for weeks by his father.

This came as the state government adopted the boy who was currently on admission at the Paediatric Unit of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta.

The police have already arrested Korede’s father, Francis Taiwo, who is a pastor at the Celestial Church of Christ, Key of Joy Parish, Atan Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.

Also, the boy’s stepmother, Mrs. Kehinde Taiwo, has been arrested. Amosun’s wife, who visited the hospital yesterday, disclosed that Buhari’s wife had called her, out of compassion, to enquire about the condition of the boy.

Amosun was on the visit with the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Modupe Mujota, and Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Olumide Ayeni. She expressed satisfaction over the improving health of the child. According to her, the state will take responsibility for his education and safety.

She said: “I will like to place on record, because it is very important that the mother of the nation (Aisha Buhari) has followed this case from the very onset, even before it was officially declared in the newspapers. “She is passionate about this matter.

Throughout yesterday, she interacted with me about the condition of the child and the action that has been taken. I think this is worthy of note that the wife of our President is compassionate about happenings in various states. “I am happy to see him active and responding to treatment and with the way things are, he would soon be discharged from the hospital.

The state government has taken full responsibility and would ensure his safety and his education.”