As his name spells, master Miracle Uche Ndukwe really had a taste of his name when he was rescued from the forest after seven days.

The boy, a pupil of Evangel Model Nursery and Primary School, Akamkpa on the outskirts of Calabar, went missing when he and other classmates went to drink water in a nearby stream.

He alone mysteriously went missing for one week in the virgin Ekong Anaku forest which is inhabited by gorillas and lions.

A search party organised by the school and parents searched in vain in the forest and the party gave up on little Miracle.

However, he was found by a hunter deep in the forest.

“I saw something lying down and I thought it was a lion, but the head did not quite look like that of a lion, as the black hair looked like that of a human being. But I wondered who could that be deep in the forest?” Etcheri Elemi, the hunter narrated to P.M.NEWS.

He said when he went close he recognised the object as a human being.

“The boy was too weak, hunger and cry left him feeling too tired to move. I had to carry him home. It was then I heard that the boy had been missing for seven days.”

The father of the boy, Moses Ndukwe only raised his hands to thank God for the return of his son.

“Whatever I have to say has to be approved by the pastor of Assemblies of God. You can come on Sunday during the thanksgiving service.,” he said.

Police sources said the headmaster and proprietress of the school who were detained in the Akamkpa Divisional Police Station while the boy was in the forest have now been granted bail.

http://thepmnews.com/2010/03/11/missing-boy-found-after-seven-days-in-the-forest

Thank God he made it back home

Thank God.

When he is strong enough, he should be asked how he got missing. Atleast, to serve as deterent to others.

@post
lions in the wild in 9ja?!?!?!?!?!?!?! woah, i guess i am learning more and more from this NL afterall!

^ yes there should be lions

otherwise we wouldnt have a yoruba word for it??

^^^^ i never knew there were still lions in the wild in 9ja!!!!

btw: there is a french word for lion, that doesnt mean that there is lions in the wild in France!

unno the europeans travelled everywhere!!! soo im sure thier words were derived from other languages!

however yoruba is very old and doesnt really have much of an update

^^ok thanks for the info.

does anyone out there knows if there are safaris in 9ja, stuff like that in the wild like in kenya/SA'

^^ i think so

google it

Google 'Yankari'

There are no lions in southern nigeria forests let alone the thick forests in calabar.There is also an igbo word for lions but lions never existed there.I am sure what the meant to write was leopards.

Nawa oh. 4 dis our calabar?

Thank God the boy is safe

Miracle indeed. I also thank god for the principal who would have been tagged a ritualist if the biy had not returned.

What a miracle!

Thank God for his safe discovery.

MRbrownJAY:

^^^^ i never knew there were still lions in the wild in 9ja!!!!

btw: there is a french word for lion, that doesnt mean that there is lions in the wild in France!

i was wondering the same thin - when did calabar become savannah grassland

it's good to be back home, says the boy,i think so

asha 80:

There are no lions in southern nigeria forests let alone the thick forests in calabar.There is also an igbo word for lions but lions never existed there.I am sure what the meant to write was leopards.

i for fear oh, the next thing we know cattle would be grazing in the niger delta.

asha 80:

There are no lions in southern nigeria forests let alone the thick forests in calabar.There is also an igbo word for lions but lions never existed there.I am sure what the meant to write was leopards.

All these animals were probably hunted to extinction in southern Nigeria. We love bush meat too much . I won't be suprised if southern Nigeria had more animals than the serengeti.

Anyway, thank God the boy is safely home.

A miracle indeed

Lucky boy!

ThankGod

How I wish Obasanjo was the one lost in d forest with apes but neva found.

there are no lions in the entire country

not even gorillas

except king kong (and ive seen it 1ce)

PurestBoy:

How I wish Obasanjo was the one lost in d forest with apes but neva found.

Off course if it were Oby, the hunter would have probably shot him thinking he was an ape 

obailala:

Off course if it were Oby, the hunter would have probably shot him thinking he was an ape 

Of course

Glad the boy was found safe and well.

But lions in the wilds in Nigeria? I never knew they existed. I've always associated lions in Africa more in the East, (Kenya) and a few neighbouring countries.

Thank God he was found alive. It is good news.


Lions in Nigeria? Dunno but we have bush meat though lol.

good news at last from Nigeria.
i have heard of stories of lions in Uyo forest as far back as 60 years ago i guess they all became bush meat and i have seen the skin of one

MrPrsdent:

As his name spells, master Miracle Uche Ndukwe really had a taste of his name when he was rescued from the forest after seven days.

The boy, a pupil of Evangel Model Nursery and Primary School, Akamkpa on the outskirts of Calabar, went missing when he and other classmates went to drink water in a nearby stream.

He alone mysteriously went missing for one week in the virgin Ekong Anaku forest which is inhabited by gorillas and lions.

A search party organised by the school and parents searched in vain in the forest and the party gave up on little Miracle.

However, he was found by a hunter deep in the forest.

“I saw something lying down and I thought it was a lion, but the head did not quite look like that of a lion, as the black hair looked like that of a human being. But I wondered who could that be deep in the forest?” Etcheri Elemi, the hunter narrated to P.M.NEWS.

He said when he went close he recognised the object as a human being.

“The boy was too weak, hunger and cry left him feeling too tired to move. I had to carry him home. It was then I heard that the boy had been missing for seven days.”

The father of the boy, Moses Ndukwe only raised his hands to thank God for the return of his son.

“Whatever I have to say has to be approved by the pastor of Assemblies of God. You can come on Sunday during the thanksgiving service.,” he said.

Police sources said the headmaster and proprietress of the school who were detained in the Akamkpa Divisional Police Station while the boy was in the forest have now been granted bail.

http://thepmnews.com/2010/03/11/missing-boy-found-after-seven-days-in-the-forest

Why would he need approval from a church before he can comment on his son who was lost but found? Does this sound Ok?

@asha80
There are no lions in southern nigeria forests let alone the thick forests in calabar.There is also an igbo word for lions but lions never existed there.I am sure what the meant to write was leopards.


I am not that sure that assertion is correct. If you have ever listened to hunters in southern Nigeria, you would believe that lions must have existed there. They would tell you about lions, tigers, buffalos, hyenna etc I am not sure that those people just plucked the stories from thin air.


@Ayetty mama
True, Yoruba is old but is being rapidly updated
Egunje came into the lexicon in the 90s
Jeun Soke after 1999
E jesu e mumi came from Kolington in the 80s