A 13-year-old boy named Wisdom Hashimu has tragically committed suicide after reports that he was severely beaten by a soldier and members of the civilian Joint Task Force (JTF).
The teenager was discovered dead on Friday, June 6, 2024, hanging in his family’s compound, just days after the alleged assault.
The deceased, who was preparing for his junior secondary school examinations, was accused of stealing N1,000 from a 16-year-old neighbor named Hope.
Wisdom was beaten and tortured by Hope’s Soldier boyfriend, stationed at Bodi Camp in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, together with JTF officials.
The young boy, driven to despair, however took his own life.
Meanwhile Hope’s brother later confirmed to be the one who stole the money.
Thus the grieving family are calling for a thorough investigation and accountability for those responsible for the false accusation and torture of Wisdom hashimu.
Wisdom’s mother in grieve narrated the situation to the media stating the his son was innocent as Hope’s brother later confessed to steal the amount of money.
“His brother later confessed that he was the one that later took the money. And he gave them the money. He gave them nine thousand. He now said the remaining one thousand is with his sister and she is gone to his mother’s house. This money was not found from my son’s hand but still they took him to JTF. They went and beat him. They beat him and his back, buttocks and his laps to the extent that he cannot walk. He cannot seat down,” his mother explained.
Wisdom’s father on the other hand, found consolation in the fact that death is inevitable and his son’s tragic death cannot be reversed.
“My boy has already gone. There is nothing we can do about it. It is inevitable to die, all of us. But my fear now is something that will help the community and even help us to curtail physical occurrence or situations like this. That is why I think it will be good for the army that came and took this boy because his father and mother was not there. he knows what the constitution or the rules supposed to be his ethics. So he went against his ethics,” Wisdom’s father indicated.