From Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State command has secured a homeless 17-year-old boy, Sunday Ademola.

The Commandant of the Corps, Emmanuel Ocheja, confirmed this to newmen in Osogbo on Thursday.

The Commandant, who spoke through the Public Relations Officer, Atanda Olabisi, an Assistant Superintendent of Corps II (ASC II),  said a middle aged man, identified as Ayoola from Owode Ede, reported to the Ede North LCDA Division of the Command that a teenage boy of about  17 years, was found roaming about along the Osogbo-Ibadan highway naked and his hands tied to his back.

The middle aged man who thought the boy was mentally ill, later discovered that he had no mental health challenges after questioning him.

The Divisional Officer, Ede North LCDA, Chief Superintendent of Corps (CSC) S. O Adewumi, was said to have taken the boy to his office for questioning and medical attention.

Reports had it that the boy had bruises on his head, and was suspected to have been beaten mercilessly by person (s) yet to be identified.

After the medical team of the Divisional Office gave the victim first aid treatment,  he was interrogated. He revealed his name and claimed that he is from Inisha, Onira’s Compound.

The NSCDC then said the boy’s name and picture was sent to the said compound, but no one seemed to recognise him.

However, the case has been reported to the State Ministry of Women Affairs, where Sunday was taken to Correctional and Rehabilitation Center, Testing Ground Osogbo hoping to unite him with his parents soon.