Police arrest father who chained up his 9-year-old son

The police have finally caught up with the father of Taiwo Korede, the boy who was rescued by the NSCDC from a church where he was found chained and starved.

The boy had been rescued by NSCDC officials on Friday the 22nd of July and his father had been on the run since then.

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The boy was found chained and it was revealed that he had been that way for a couple of weeks.

The boys father, Francis Taiwo was arrested by police and it was confirmed by Ogun state Police Command Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi, who said that it was made  possible with the assistance of some church members.