The body of an 11-year-old boy was on Saturday found hanging in his family compound at the Federal Housing Estate, Kubwa, in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Speaking to Daily Trust, the father of the deceased, Umar Yahaya said he and his wife were not at home when the incident happened.
According to him, It was their neighbours who found their son dangling from an overhead tank.
“I travelled out of Abuja, while the boy’s mother was at the City Centre, where she went to condole with a relative.
“Our neighbours found him hanging around this overhead tank, and immediately rushed him to Kubwa General Hospital where he was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty” Yahaya said
According to neighbours, the boy had a misunderstanding with his elder sister for beating their younger sibling while their parents were away.
“He may have been annoyed by that, and thereafter tied his neck with a rope used for hanging clothes inside the compound. He was found dangling, with the rope around his neck” one of the neighbours said
The deceased was an SS2 student.
