On Tuesday, July 18, NAIJ.com earlier reported that 6 years old boy identified as Ali Ahmadu got his back broken 3 years ago when a Boko Haram bike man climbed his back during the kidnap of the Chibok girls in Borno.
It was further reported that Ali finally got a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) to help him fix his back bone. NAIJ.com got in touch with the NGO who revealed that the boy would travel to Dubai soon for the surgery but needs $50,000 (N19m).
One of the directors of the NGO Nuhu Fulani Kwajafa disclosed how they got in touch with Ali saying: “We have representatives of the Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC) at Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camp in Abuja, who gave us feedback about is case and from there we visited his family and decided to help since it is major reason this NGO was formed.”
Ali Ahmadu with representatives of the GIPLC organization
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Kwajafa further said that the Chibok chronicles are incomplete without Ali Ahmadu heartbreaking story.
He said: “He was 3 years old then. Boko Haram terrorist ran him over (on his back/spine) with a motorcycle. His mum saved him but lost a pregnancy that was quite far along in the process. Since then, he has been denied access to education, amongst other things and fundamentally, he has not been able to walk properly, or move without aid or examined by a medic, even at primary health care level. For the first time since this unfortunate incident, GIPLC has facilitated his movement from point A to B in the quest for proper medical attention. He has since been examined at the university of Maiduguri teaching hospital (UMTH), from where we have received diagnostic & scan reports which we have promptly forwarded to a specialist hospital in the United Arab Emirate (UAE). It was also discovered there that he sustained injuries on his spine but he can move his legs and can’t walk. He needs $50,000 (N19m) for his 3 months stay in the country and his family is poor.”
Ali Ahmadu with his parents in Chibok, Borno state
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On how the funds would be raised for Ali’s surgery, Kwajafa disclosed that the organisation got in touch with Senator Dino Melaye who has promised to show support and speak to other senators to help the little boy. Also on Friday, July 21, a press conference would be held in Abuja where Melaye would come show his support.
6-year-old Ali is currently at the National hospital in Abuja where he is receiving treatment before traveling to Dubai for his surgery.
6-year-old Ali Ahmadu
However, we also gathered that his mother who was about 4-5 months pregnant at the moment the Chibok girls were kidnapped lost the baby in the process of running for her dare life.
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