The Ondo State government has reportedly offered money to a pastor in the state, Joshua Ojo, following the death of his 16-year-old son, Emmanuel Ojo, in controversial circumstances.
Joshua said he saw Emmanuel, a junior secondary school 3 student, leave the house healthy on January 11. But by 2pm, he received a call from the school that something was wrong with his son. The bereaved father said he was scared when he peeped into the taxi and saw his son receiving a drip while his hands and legs were stiff. Afterwards, they rushed the boy to the emergency ward.
“She said they brought him by past 9am and she gave him an injection and a drip. When we took his body, we thought the principal and vice-principal were following us to where we would bury him. But when we got there, we didn’t see them.” Joshua said on January 14, a spokesperson from the government, some students, and some teachers visited him again, but this time to give him money, which he rejected.