{"id":234212,"date":"2016-07-26T08:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T08:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=234212"},"modified":"2016-07-26T08:39:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T08:39:15","slug":"nigeria-pastor-arrested-for-chaining-up-son-for-stealing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/07\/nigeria-pastor-arrested-for-chaining-up-son-for-stealing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria pastor arrested for chaining up son for ‘stealing’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigerian police have arrested a church pastor, accused of keeping his nine-year-old son chained up for more than a month as a punishment for stealing.<\/p>\n
Police say they rescued the boy and arrested Pastor Francis Taiwo after a tip-off in the town of Ota in south-western Ogun State.<\/p>\n
Local media are running a photo of the victim, an emaciated young boy in chains, with a padlock around his neck.<\/p>\n
State police say that it is one of the worst child abuse cases they have seen.<\/p>\n
They say the boy’s father admitted keeping him in chains, believing he was “possessed” because of his habit of stealing.<\/p>\n
A police statement said that the boy had been held captive “with the help of members” of the local church where the pastor worked.<\/p>\n
The case is now being handed over to Nigeria’s national anti-trafficking agency (Naptip).<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nigerian police have arrested a church pastor, accused of keeping his nine-year-old son chained up for more than a month as a punishment for stealing. Police say they rescued the boy and arrested Pastor Francis Taiwo after a tip-off in the town of Ota in south-western Ogun State. Local media are running a photo of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":234213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n