ENDSARS PROTEST: 11 Year – Old IG Regains Freedom
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An eleven years old boy who was arrested by the police for allegedly joining hoodlums to break into Oba Market Police Station during the #EndSARS protest, has regained freedom.
The young boy, named Gift Osyuhi, whose photo went viral on social media, was reported to have taken a police uniform, wore it and declared himself the new Inspector General of Police.
The release was made possible by a human rights group.
According to a human rights advocate, Comrade Kola Edokpayi, Gift was released to them based on an undertaking by the group to rehabilitate and reform him into a responsible member of society.
The human rights advocate further stated that the boy revealed that his dream is to be the IG of Police, adding that the group would ensure that the boy is given proper education to enable him achieve it.
The group also disclosed that they met the boy’s mother, a widow, who revealed that Gift assists her to sell water and drinks at Ring Road in Benin, Edo State.
