Kogi: Boy survived being buried alive as police arrest elder brother

In Apamisede community in Adavi Local Government Council, in the Central Senatorial District, a boy who allegedly stole his mother’s N10,000 luckily survived being buried alive by his elder brother who claimed to have acted on the instruction of their mother.

The report was confirmed by Kogi State Police Command after the arrest of one Goodness Oshodi, while he confessed to have buried his younger brother Friday Oshodi over the stolen N10,000 which belonged to their mother.

Apamisede is a community near Army Barracks, Adavi on the outskirts of Lokoja, Kogi Central Senatorial District.

With a stroke of luck, the younger Friday Oshodi was exhumed by a good Samaritan before he was to breathe his last.

According to an eyewitness who preferred anonymity, the mother of the boy directed her eldest son, Goodness Oshodi to punish Friday for stealing N10,000. The elder brother in executing the directive of his mother decided to bury Friday alive until a good Samaritan neighbour came to his rescue.

Speaking further, the eyewitness disclosed that when he was asked why he decided to bury his brother alive, Goodness said that he was only carrying out the instructions of their mother who asked him to punish his brother for stealing her N10,000.

The eyewitness stated further that when Goodness was asked about the whereabouts of their mother, he said their mother was away at church.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, who confirmed the incident said that the boy has been arrested and undergoing interrogation.